Moving Towards Universal Prenatal Detection of Critical Congenital Heart Disease in Southern Nevada: A Community-Wide Program

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 281-288

  Evans, William ^a,b   Castillo, William ^a,b   Rollins, Robert ^a,b   Luna, Carlos ^a,b   Kip, Katrinka ^a,b   Ludwick, Joseph ^a,b   Madan, Nitin ^a,b   Ciccolo, Michael ^a   Galindo, Alvaro ^a,b   Rothman, Abraham ^a,b   Mayman, Gary ^a,b   Cass, Kathleen ^a,b   Thomas, Vincent ^a,b   Restrepo, Humberto ^a,b   Acherman, Ruben ^a,b  

^a Childrens Heart Center Nevada   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Fetal echocardiography; Prenatal diagnosis; Prenatal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTIC COARCTATION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AORTIC COARCTATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETAL DISEASES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NEVADA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84939896893     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: 14321971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-014-0996-1     Document Type: Article

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