Effect of selective fetoscopic laser photocoagulation therapy for twin-twin transfusion syndrome on pulmonary valve pathology in recipient twins

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-33

  Moon Grady, A J ^a   Rand, L ^a,b   Lemley, B ^a   Gosnell, K ^a   Hornberger, L K ^c   Lee, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

cardiomyopathy; echocardiography; pulmonary stenosis; selective fetoscopic laser photocoagulation; twin twin transfusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETOSCOPY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN ANEMIA; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PULMONARY VALVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; FETOSCOPY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY VALVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650670409     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7748     Document Type: Article

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