Who should be offered fetal echocardiography? One center's experience with 3965 cases

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 542-545

  Sharony, Reuven ^a,b,c   Fejgin, Moshe D ^a,b,c   Biron Shental, Tal ^a,b,c   Hershko Klement, Anat ^a,b   Amiel, Aliza ^a,b   Levi, Alex ^a,b,c  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Congenital cardiac disease; Fetal echocardiography; Four chamber view; Level II ultrasound; Polyhydramnios

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL AGE; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYHYDRAMNIOS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 70350633149     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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