New Insights Into Fetal Atrioventricular Block Using Fetal Magnetocardiography**Editorials published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of JACC or the American College of Cardiology.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-86

  Hornberger, Lisa K ^a   Collins, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS HYDROPS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; HYDROPS; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX;

FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 37449017795     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.09.016     Document Type: Editorial

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