Fetal heart: A 4-chamber view is not enough

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 266-280

  Gonçalves, Luís F ^a   Bronsteen, Richard ^a   Lee, Wesley ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY WILLIAM BEAUMONT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

congenital heart disease; fetal echocardiography; genetics; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; FOUR DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART ATRIUM; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE; HETEROTAXY SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; LUNG VEIN DRAINAGE ANOMALY; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PENTALOGY OF CANTRELL; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84863294922     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: 15325520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GRF.0b013e3182446df0     Document Type: Article

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