Sonographic predictors of surgery in fetal coarctation of the aorta

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-54

  Jowett, V ^a,b   Aparicio, P ^b   Santhakumaran, S ^a   Seale, A ^b   Jicinska, H ^c   Gardiner, H M ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

aortic coarctation; coarctation shelf; fetus; surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AORTIC COARCTATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84863226387     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.11161     Document Type: Article

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