Fetal cardiac activity at 4 weeks after in vitro fertilization predicts successful completion of the first trimester of pregnancy

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1711-1715

  Seungdamrong, Aimee ^a   Purohit, Mamta ^a   McCulloh, David H ^b   Howland, Richard D ^a   Colon, Jose M ^a,b   McGovern, Peter G ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University Reproductive Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

abortion rate; Fetal cardiac activity; fetal heart rate; in vitro fertilization; infertility; pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS; FETUS HEART; FETUS HEART RATE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART CONTRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LIVE BIRTH; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 55349135899     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.08.018     Document Type: Article

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