Fetal echocardiographic screening in twins for congenital heart diseases

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 1391-1394

  Li, Hui ^a   Meng, Tao ^a   Shang, Tao ^a   Guan, Yun Ping ^b   Zhou, Wei Wei ^b   Yang, Guang ^b   Bi, Li Hua ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shenyang Maternal and Infant Hospital ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Antenatal diagnosis; Echocardiography; Malformations; Twins; Ultrasound heart

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUODENUM ATRESIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; FOLLOW UP; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INDUCED ABORTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PULMONARY ARTERY; RHABDOMYOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TWIN PREGNANCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 34548454381     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200708020-00002     Document Type: Article

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