An echocardiographic study of diagnostic accuracy, prediction of surgical approach, and outcome for fetuses diagnosed with discordant ventriculo-arterial connections

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 528-534

  Pascal, Cécile J ^a   Huggon, Ian ^b   Sharland, Gurleen K ^b   Simpson, John M ^b  

^a Hopital Mere Enfant CHU de Nantes   (France)

^b EVELINA LONDON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Echo cardiography; Prenatal diagnosis; Transposition of the great arteries

Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS OUTCOME; FETUS SURGERY; HEART LEFT RIGHT SHUNT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AORTIC COARCTATION; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 35948982513     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951107000728     Document Type: Article

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