Evaluation of referral indications for fetal echocardiography in Beijing

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1291-1296

  Li, Man ^a   Wang, Wei ^a,c   Yang, Xinghua ^a   Yan, Yuxiang ^a   Wu, Qingqing ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Fetal echocardiography; Prenatal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; OBSTETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FETAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; PRENATAL ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND SCREENINGS; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SINGLE UMBILICAL ARTERY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 54149093523     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.9.1291     Document Type: Article

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