Digoxin for the treatment of fetal congestive heart failure with sinus rhythm assessed by cardiovascular profile score

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 477-482

  Patel, Dhaval ^a   Cuneo, Bettina ^a,d   Viesca, Regina ^b   Rassanan, Juha ^c   Leshko, Jenny ^b   Huhta, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d ADVOCATE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Congestive heart failure; Digoxin; Fetus

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN;

ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS MORTALITY; HUMAN; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SINUS RHYTHM; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; DIGOXIN; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 47349127373     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050802073790     Document Type: Article

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