Prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease: Clinical experience and analysis

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 328-332

  Shima, Yoshio ^a   Shindoh, Fumiko ^a   Nakajima, Mizue ^a   Hayakawa, Mari ^b   Ogawa, Shunnichi ^b  

^a Japan Red Cross Katsushika M H ^*  (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL SCREENING; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 7944219592     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.71.328     Document Type: Article

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