Evaluation of fetal arrhythmias from simultaneous pulsed wave Doppler in pulmonary artery and vein

Heart

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1448-1453

  Carvalho, Julene S ^a   Prefumo, Federico ^b   Ciardelli, Valentina ^b   Sairam, Shanthi ^b   Bhide, Amarnath ^b   Shinebourne, Elliot A ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRASYSTOLE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; GESTATION PERIOD; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ARTERY; LUNG VEIN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VEIN;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC COMPLEXES, PREMATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VEINS; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 38449117598     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2006.101659     Document Type: Article

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