The role of the sagittal view of the ductal arch in identification of fetuses with conotruncal anomalies using 4-dimensional ultrasonography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1181-1189

  Espinoza, Jimmy ^a,b,d   Romero, Roberto ^a,b,d   Kusanovic, Juan Pedro ^a   Gotsch, Francesca ^a   Erez, Offer ^a,b   Lee, Wesley ^c   Gonçalves, Luís F ^a,b   Schoen, Mary Lou ^b   Hassan, Sonia S ^b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HUTZEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

3 dimensional ultrasonography; Congenital heart disease; Ductus arteriosus; Fetal echocardiography; Prenatal diagnosis; Spatiotemporal; Spatiotemporal image correlation

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; PATIENT TREATMENT; STANDARDIZATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

3-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASES; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; FETAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL IMAGE CORRELATION;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOUR DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCREENING;

EID: 36649026496     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.9.1181     Document Type: Review

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