Fetal cardiac malposition: Incidence and outcome of associated cardiac and extracardiac malformations

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 277-282

  Falkensammer, Christine B ^a   Ayres, Nancy A ^a   Altman, Carolyn A ^a   Ge, Shuping ^a   Bezold, Louis I ^b   Eidem, Benjamin W ^c   Kovalchin, John P ^d  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dextrocardia; Dextroposition; Fetal echocardiography; Heterotaxy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEXTROCARDIA; DEXTROPOSITION; ECTOPIC HEART; FEMALE; FETAL CARDIAC MALPOSITION; FETUS; FETUS HEART; HETEROTAXY SYNDROME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MESOCARDIA; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX; THORAX DISEASE;

ABORTION, EUGENIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HERNIA, UMBILICAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 44849115377     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1066874     Document Type: Article

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