Fetal left brachiocephalic vein in normal and abnormal conditions

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 542-548

  Sinkovskaya, E ^a   Abuhamad, A ^a   Horton, S ^a   Chaoui, R ^b   Karl, K ^c  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Center for Prenatal Diagnosis   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anomalous pulmonary venous connection; Fetal heart; Left brachiocephalic vein; Venous anomalies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEINS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84871550848     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.11166     Document Type: Review

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