Performance of Different Scan Protocols of Fetal Echocardiography in the Diagnosis of Fetal Congenital Heart Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Li, Yifei ^a,b   Hua, Yimin ^a   Fang, Jie ^c   Wang, Chuan ^a,b   Qiao, Lina ^a   Wan, Chaomin ^a   Mu, Dezhi ^a   Zhou, Kaiyu ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FETUS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84878627272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065484     Document Type: Article

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