Functional assessment of the evolution of congenital heart disease in utero

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 533-537

  Acharya, Ganesh ^a,b   Archer, Nick ^a,c   Huhta, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetal congestive heart failure; Fetal Doppler; Fetal therapy; Hydrops fetalis

Indexed keywords

AORTA STENOSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; EVOLUTION; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS HEART; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; REVIEW; TRICUSPID VALVE DYSPLASIA;

EID: 34748890515     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e3282efd2a2     Document Type: Review

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