Fetal Echocardiography in Diagnosing Congenital Heart Disease Prenatally
published by Damascus University
in 2012
in Medicine
and research's language is
العربية
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Abstract in English
Prenatal detection of congenital heart disease is possible from the 16th week of
pregnancy. the ideal time being the Midtrimester ,when the most cardiac abnormalities can be detected
,where all routine cross sectional views are easily obtainable.
To evaluate the detection and accuracy of fetal echocardiography for congenital heart defects among high
risk pregnancies.
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