Improving detection of fetal cardiac anomalies: A fetal echocardiogram for every fetus?

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1639-1641

  Bahtiyar, Mert Ozan ^a   Copel, Joshua A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; FETUS HEART; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; OBSTETRIC CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

EID: 36749076420     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.12.1639     Document Type: Editorial

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