Prenatal screening for major congenital heart disease: Superiority of outflow tracts over the 4-chamber view

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 889-899

  Sklansky, Mark S ^a   Berman, Darren P ^a   Pruetz, Jay D ^a   Chang, Ruey Kang R ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

4 chamber view; Congenital heart disease; Fetal heart; Outflow tracts; Prenatal screening

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; DISEASES; HEART; OBSTETRICS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

4-CHAMBER VIEW; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FETAL HEART; FETAL SONOGRAPHIES; HIGH-RISK PREGNANCIES; INVASIVE INTERVENTION; OUTFLOW TRACTS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

DIAGNOSIS;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 67649785341     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2009.28.7.889     Document Type: Article

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