Rightward convexity of the great vessel arising from the anterior ventricle: A novel fetal marker for transposition of the great arteries

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 168-171

  Menahem, S ^a,b   Rotstein, A ^a   Meagher, S ^b,c  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Monash Ultrasound for Women   (Australia)

Author keywords

fetal cardiac screening; obstetric ultrasound; transposition of the great arteries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873402909     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.11171     Document Type: Article

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