Prevalence and progression of recipient-twin cardiomyopathy in early-stage twin-twin transfusion syndrome

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-68

  Habli, M ^a,b,c   Michelfelder, E ^a,c   Cnota, J ^a,c   Wall, D ^a   Polzin, W ^a,b   Lewis, D ^a,c,d   Lim, F Y ^a,c   Crombleholme, T M ^a,d,e,f  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

amnioreduction; fetal echocardiography; recipient cardiomyopathy; selective fetoscopic laser photocoagulation; TTTS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN ANEMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; TWINS;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84555178610     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.10117     Document Type: Article

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