Preferential streaming of the ductus venosus and inferior caval vein towards the right heart is associated with left heart underdevelopment in human fetuses with left-sided diaphragmatic hernia

Heart

Volumn 96, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 1564-1568

  Stressig, Rüdiger ^a   Fimmers, Rolf ^a   Eising, Kristina ^a   Gembruch, Ulrich ^a   Kohl, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; DUCTUS VENOSUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART OUTPUT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 77957300636     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.196550     Document Type: Article

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