Major congenital heart disease: Antenatal detection, patient characteristics and outcomes

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-105

  McBrien, Angela ^a   Sands, Andrew ^a   Craig, Brian ^a   Dornan, Jim ^b   Casey, Frank ^a  

^a ROYAL BELFAST HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenatal; Congenital heart disease; Fetal; Outcomes; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FETUS; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCREENING; TRISOMY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRELAND; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRISOMY;

EID: 67249093749     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050802483106     Document Type: Article

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