Application of the 3-vessel view in routine prenatal sonographic screening for congenital heart disease

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1319-1324

  Wu, Qingqing ^a   Li, Man ^b   Ju, Lirong ^b   Zhang, Weiyuan ^a   Yang, Xinghua ^b   Yan, Yuxiang ^b   Wang, Wei ^b,c  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

3 vessel view; Congenital heart disease; Prenatal diagnosis; Sonographic screening

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DATA VISUALIZATION; DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

3-VESSEL VIEW; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE POSITIVE; OUTFLOW TRACTS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SONOGRAPHIC;

DIAGNOSIS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MASS SCREENING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 74749100426     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2009.28.10.1319     Document Type: Article

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