The area behind the heart in the four-chamber view and the quest for congenital heart defects

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 721-727

  Berg, C ^a   Georgiadis, M ^a   Geipel, A ^a   Gembruch, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac defects; Echocardiography; Fetus; Four chamber view; Heterotaxy; Prenatal diagnosis; Right aortic arch

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DESCENDING AORTA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA;

ADULT; AORTA, THORACIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 35349006290     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5152     Document Type: Article

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