"Fetal Heart" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The heart of the fetus of any viviparous animal. It refers to the heart in the postembryonic period and is differentiated from the embryonic heart (HEART/embryology) only on the basis of time.
| Descriptor ID |
D005318
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A07.541.278 A16.378.303
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| Concept/Terms |
Fetal Heart- Fetal Heart
- Fetal Hearts
- Heart, Fetal
- Hearts, Fetal
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Prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease using four-dimensional spatio-temporal image correlation (STIC) telemedicine via an Internet link: a pilot study. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2005 Jan; 25(1):25-31.