Changes in left heart hemodynamics after technically successful in-utero aortic valvuloplasty

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 715-720

  Selamet Tierney, E S ^a   Wald, R M ^a   McElhinney, D B ^a   Marshall, A C ^a   Benson, C B ^b   Colan, S D ^a   Marcus, E N ^a   Marx, G R ^a   Levine, J C ^a   Wilkins Haug, L ^b   Lock, J E ^a   Tworetzky, W ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Balloon aortic valvuloplasty; Fetus; Hypoplastic left heart syndrome; in utero

Indexed keywords

AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART FORAMEN OVALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALVULOPLASTY;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BALLOON DILATATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 35348929892     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5132     Document Type: Article

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