Fetal echocardiography: The four-chamber view, the outflow tracts, and the contribution of the cardiac arches

Ultrasound Clinics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-13

  Weissmann Brenner, Alina ^a,b   Pretorius, Dolores H ^c   Achiron, Reuven ^a,b   Gindes, Liat ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Thornton Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arches; Echocardiography; Four chamber view; Outflow tracts

Indexed keywords

ABSENT RIGHT SUPERIOR VENA CAVA; AORTA ARCH; AORTA ARCH INTERRUPTION; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA STENOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CRITICAL AORTIC STENOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FETUS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; FOUR DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART BLOOD VESSEL; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PERSISTENT LEFT SUPERIOR VENA CAVA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE ATRESIA; PULMONARY VEIN MALFORMATION; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84855351738     PISSN: 1556858X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cult.2011.08.005     Document Type: Review

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