Diagnosis of congenital heart disease by early and second-trimester fetal echocardiography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 563-568

  Volpe, Paolo ^a   De Robertis, Valentina ^a   Campobasso, Gianluca ^a   Tempesta, Annalisa ^a   Volpe, Grazia ^b   Rembouskos, Georgios ^a  

^a DI VENERE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congenital heart defects; Evolution of heart defects; Fetal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART;

CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FALSE POSITIVE; FETAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTERS; HEART DEFECTS;

DIAGNOSIS;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84864212042     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2012.31.4.563     Document Type: Article

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