Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease in an Era of Near-Universal Ultrasound Screening: Room for Improvement

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-11

  Michelfelder, Erik C ^a   Cnota, James F ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EDITORIAL; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBSTETRIC CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 67649756721     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.02.057     Document Type: Editorial

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