Improved recipient survival with maternal nifedipine in twin-twin transfusion syndrome complicated by TTTS cardiomyopathy undergoing selective fetoscopic laser photocoagulation

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 203, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 397.e1-397.e9

  Crombleholme, Timothy M ^a,e   Lim, Foong Yen ^a,e   Habli, Mounira ^a,b,e   Polzin, William ^a,b,e   Jaekle, Ronald ^a,c,e   Michelfelder, Erik ^a,e   Cnota, James ^a,e   Liu, Chunyan ^d,e   Kim, Mi Ok ^d,e  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cincinnati TTTS staging system; echocardiography; nifedipine; selective fetoscopic laser photocoagulation; TTTS cardiomyopathy; twin twin transfusion syndrome

Indexed keywords

NIFEDIPINE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETOSCOPY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; FETOSCOPY; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; NIFEDIPINE; PREGNANCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 77957359923     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.06.032     Document Type: Article

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