Detection of congenital heart defects throughout pregnancy; Impact of first trimester ultrasound screening for cardiac abnormalities

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2546-2550

  Eleftheriades, Makarios ^a   Tsapakis, Elsa ^a   Sotiriadis, Alexandros ^b   Manolakos, Emmanouil ^c   Hassiakos, Demetrios ^d   Botsis, Demetrios ^d  

^a Embryocare   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c Eurogenetica SA   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Congenital heart defects; Fetus; First trimester; Pregnancy; Ultrasound detection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ABORTION, EUGENIC; ADULT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MASS SCREENING; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84870319734     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2012.703716     Document Type: Article

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