Fetal interrupted aortic arch: 2D-4D echocardiography, associations and outcome

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 302-309

  Volpe, P ^a   Tuo, G ^a   De Robertis, V ^a   Campobasso, G ^a   Marasini, M ^a   Tempesta, A ^a   Gentile, M ^b   Rembouskos, G ^a  

^a DI VENERE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

22q11.2 microdeletion; B flow; Congenital heart disease; CORSA; Fetal echocardiography; Interrupted aortic arch; Prenatal diagnosis; STIC; Three four dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; FOUR DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; THORACIC AORTA;

AORTA, THORACIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, FOUR-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KARYOTYPING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77949649798     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7530     Document Type: Article

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