Transposition of the great arteries in the fetus: Assessment of the spatial relationships of the arterial trunks by four-dimensional echocardiography

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 271-276

  Paladini, D ^a,e   Volpe, P ^c   Sglavo, G ^a   Vassallo, M ^a   De Robertis, V ^c   Marasini, M ^d   Russo, M G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^d G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Fetal echocardiography; Prenatal diagnosis; STIC; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AORTA; ARTERIAL TRUNK; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; FETUS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS SURGERY; FOUR DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, FOUR-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 49949102268     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5276     Document Type: Article

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