Doppler in fetal heart failure

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 915-929

  Huhta, James C ^a,b   Paul, James J ^c  

^a Division of Pediatric Heart Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

CHF; fetal congestive heart failure; fetal Doppler

Indexed keywords

COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HYDROPS; HEART FUNCTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART RHYTHM; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME;

CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; DIGOXIN; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; PREGNANCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 78349296803     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GRF.0b013e3181fdffd9     Document Type: Review

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