Pulmonary artery/aorta ratio in simple screening for fetal outflow tract abnormalities during the second trimester

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 275-280

  Wong, S F ^a,b   Ward, C ^c   Lee Tannock, A ^a   Le, S ^a   Chan, F Y ^a,b  

^a MATER MOTHERS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Mater children's Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Fetal echocardiography; Pregnancy; Screening; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; NOMOGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY ARTERY; SCREENING; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

AORTA; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY ARTERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 34748861556     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.4105     Document Type: Article

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