Improvement in antenatal diagnosis of critical congenital heart disease implications for postnatal care and screening

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 180-183

  Israel, Stephanie W ^a   Roofe, Lindsay R ^a   Saville, Benjamin R ^a   Walsh, William F ^a  

^a MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenatal diagnosis; Congenital heart disease; Postnatal care; Screening

Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING; ULTRASOUND;

EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 80855132884     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327148     Document Type: Review

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