title: Fetal echocardiography using transvaginal and transabdominal probes during the first period of pregnancy: a comparative study.
abstract: The authors compare the diagnostic possibilities of fetal transabdominal echocardiography versus transvaginal echocardiography. A larger diagnostic capacity is verified in different gestation ages with transvaginal probe between the 11th and 14th week of gestation. The results are emphasized by colour Doppler.
authors.affiliation: First Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: D'Amelio
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Giorlandino
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Masala
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garofalo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martinelli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Anelli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zichella
mesh_terms: D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000379:methods*