The fetal three-vessel and tracheal view revisited

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 261-268

  Gardiner, Helena ^a   Chaoui, Rabih ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b Center for Prenatal Diagnosis and Human Genetics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aberrant right subclavian artery (ARSA); Aortic coarctation; Conotruncal anomalies; Right aortic arch; Three vessel and tracheal (3VT); Thymus

Indexed keywords

AORTA ARCH; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTERIAL TRUNK; ASCENDING AORTA; ATRESIA; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FETAL THREE VESSEL AND TRACHEAL VIEW; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PERSISTENT LEFT SUPERIOR VENA CAVA; PULMONARY ARTERY; REVIEW; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; TRACHEA;

ABERRANT RIGHT SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY (ARSA); AORTIC COARCTATION; CONOTRUNCAL ANOMALIES; RIGHT AORTIC ARCH; THREE-VESSEL AND TRACHEAL (3VT); THYMUS;

CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL HEART; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY; TRACHEA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84884356892     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: 18780946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2013.01.007     Document Type: Review

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