Early fetal echocardiography: Congenital heart disease detection and diagnostic accuracy in the hands of an experienced fetal cardiology program

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 790-796

  Pike, Jodi I ^a   Krishnan, Anita ^a   Donofrio, Mary T ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FETUS; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LUPUS VULGARIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CARDIOLOGY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CARDIOLOGY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84905364962     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.4372     Document Type: Article

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