Feasibility of MRI of the fetal heart with balanced steady-state free precession sequence along fetal body and cardiac planes

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1208-1215

  Saleem, Sahar N ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Fetus; Heart; MRI

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDATION; STEADY STATE; STUDENT T TEST;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY;

EID: 53249131059     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3839     Document Type: Article

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