Simple targeted arterial rendering (STAR) technique: A novel and simple method to visualize the fetal cardiac outflow tracts

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 549-556

  Yeo, L ^a,b,d   Romero, R ^a,b,c,d   Jodicke, C ^a,b   Kim, S K ^a   Gonzalez, J M ^a,b   Ogge G ^a   Lee, W ^a,b   Kusanovic, J P ^a,b   Vaisbuch, E ^a,b   Hassan, S ^a,b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

aorta; congenital heart disease; fetal echocardiography; OmniView; prenatal diagnosis; pulmonary artery; STIC; ultrasound; ventricular septum

Indexed keywords

ARTERY; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; FOUR DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY ARTERY;

ARTERIES; CARDIAC OUTPUT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, FOUR-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY ARTERY; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 79955378090     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.8841     Document Type: Article

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