Prenatal detection of congenital heart disease in southern Nevada: The need for universal fetal cardiac evaluation

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1715-1719

  Acherman, Ruben J ^a,b   Evans, William N ^a,b   Luna, Carlos F ^a,b   Rollins, Robert ^a,b   Kip, Katrinka T ^a,b   Collazos, Juan C ^a,c   Restrepo, Humberto ^a,b   Adasheck, Joseph ^c,d   Iriye, Brian K ^e   Roberts, Donald ^c,f   Sacks, Alan J ^c,g  

^a Childrens Heart Center Nevada   (United States)

^b Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d Desert Perinatal Associates   (United States)

^e Center for Maternal Fetal Medicine   (United States)

^f University Medical Center of Southern Nevada   (United States)

^g Alan J Sacks Maternal Fetal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Fetal echocardiography; Prenatal diagnosis; Prenatal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CARDIOLOGY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOLOGY; ULTRASONICS; UNITED STATES;

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FETAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL ULTRASOUND;

DISEASES;

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36749080324     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.12.1715     Document Type: Article

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