Mechanisms in fetal bradyarrhythmia: 65 cases in a single center analyzed by Doppler flow echocardiographic techniques

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 172-178

  Eliasson, H ^a   Wahren Herlenius, M ^a   Sonesson, S E ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

arrhythmia; atrial bigeminy; bradycardia; congenital heart block; fetus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEART CONTRACTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 79251551685     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.8866     Document Type: Article

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