Single umbilical artery and congenital heart disease in selected and unselected populations

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 552-555

  Prefumo, F ^a   Guven M A ^a,b,c   Carvalho, J S ^a,b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Fetal echocardiography; Single umbilical artery; Two vessel cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

ADULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951786893     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7642     Document Type: Article

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