Is hydrops fetalis a manifestation of fetal pulmonary edema caused by impaired lymphatic drainage?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 96-99

  Williams, I A ^a   Kleinman, C S ^a  

^a Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Fetal echocardiography; Hydrops fetalis; Hypoplastic left heart syndrome

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN;

AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HYDROPS; FETUS LUNG; FIBROELASTOSIS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NEWBORN; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ERROR; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY EDEMA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 38949130036     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5238     Document Type: Article

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