Prenatal detection of transposition of the great arteries reduces mortality and morbidity

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 320-325

  Van Velzen, C L ^a   Haak, M C ^b   Reijnders, G ^a   Rijlaarsdam, M E B ^b   Bax, C J ^a   Pajkrt, E ^c   Hruda, J ^a   Galindo Garre, F ^a   Bilardo, C M ^d   De Groot, C J M ^a   Blom, N A ^b,c   Clur, S A ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fetal echocardiography; Morbidity; Mortality; Prenatal diagnosis; Transposition of the great arteries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84924042849     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.14689     Document Type: Article

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