The cerebroplacental Doppler ratio predicts postnatal outcome in fetuses with congenital heart block

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 791-796

  Fleming, G A ^a   Bircher, A ^a   Kavanaugh McHugh, A ^a   Liske, M R ^a  

^a MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; ISOPRENALINE; TERBUTALINE;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CEREBROPLACENTAL DOPPLER RATIO; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MONITORING; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PACEMAKER; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PULSATILE FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 57049166443     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2008.105     Document Type: Article

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