Increased cardiac atrial-to-ventricular length ratio in the fetal four-chamber view: A new marker for atrioventricular septal defects

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 618-622

  Machlitt, A ^a   Heling, K S ^a   Chaoui, R ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular canal; Atrioventricular septal defect; Cardiac defect; Fetal biometry; Fetal echocardiography; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART ATRIUM TO VENTRICLE LENGTH RATIO; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MITRAL VALVE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRISOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 8844245605     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1750     Document Type: Article

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