Impact of fetal echocardiography on trends in disease patterns and outcomes of congenital heart disease in a neonatal intensive care unit

Neonatology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-46

  Chung, Mi Lim ^a   Lee, Byong Sop ^a   Kim, Ellen Ai Rhan ^a   Kim, Ki Soo ^a   Pi, Soo Young ^a   Oh, Yeon Mi ^a   Park, In Sook ^a   Seo, Dong Man ^a   Won, Hye Sung ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Echocardiography, fetal; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH KOREA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREND STUDY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; TRENDS;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 71249115588     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000264673     Document Type: Article

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