Prenatal detection of congenital heart defects: A survey on clinical practice in Spain

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 287-295

  Galindo, Alberto ^a   Herraiz, Ignacio ^a   Escribano, David ^a   Lora, David ^a   Melchor, Juan Carlos ^b   De La Cruz, Javier ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b Section of Perinatal Medicine   (Spain)

Author keywords

Congenital heart defects; Fetal echocardiography; Prenatal detection; Routine screening; Second trimester

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETUS HEART; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPAIN; ULTRASOUND;

FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPAIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 79959324109     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322519     Document Type: Article

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