Echocardiographic evaluation of fetal cardiac function: Clinical and anatomical correlations in two cases of endocardial fibroelastosis

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-57

  Clur, S A ^a,c   Van Der Wal, A C ^b   Ottenkamp, J ^a,c   Bilardo, C M ^b  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Center for Congenital Heart Defects Amsterdam Leiden (CAHAL)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac failure; Cardiomyopathy; Cardiovascular score; Doppler; Endocardial fibroelastosis

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIAL FIBROELASTOSIS; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS; FETUS HEART; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT RIGHT SHUNT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYCARDIA; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ENDOCARDIAL FIBROELASTOSIS; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; MALE; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77955706979     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000313426     Document Type: Article

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