Diagnostic precision of Doppler flow echocardiography in fetuses at risk for atrioventricular block

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 561-566

  Bergman, G ^a   Wahren Herlenius, M ^a   Sonesson, S E ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

atrioventricular block; congenital heart block; diagnostic precision; Doppler; echocardiography; fetus; neonatal lupus erythematosus; postnatal outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 78349236272     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7532     Document Type: Article

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