The hidden mortality of transposition of the great arteries and survival advantage provided by prenatal diagnosis

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1096-1100

  Blyth, M ^a   Howe, D ^a   Gnanapragasam, J ^b   Wellesley, D ^a  

^a PRINCESS ANNE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetal echocardiography; Mortality; Prenatal diagnosis; Transposition of the great arteries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; PREVALENCE; STILLBIRTH; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 47349122095     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01793.x     Document Type: Article

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