"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,
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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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fetal Heart" by people in Profiles.
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Fan YT, Deng YB. Effects of maternal anti-Ro/La antibodies on fetal atrioventricular conduction evaluated with echocardiography: a state-of-the-art review. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2025 Sep; 312(3):733-744.
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Shao XM. High altitude exposure during pregnancy enhances the vulnerability of fetal heart dysfunction to ischemic stress: Epigenetic mechanisms. Int J Cardiol. 2019 01 01; 274:59-60.
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Tobiasz AM, Duncan JR, Bursac Z, Sullivan RD, Tate DL, Dopico AM, Bukiya AN, Mari G. The Effect of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on Fetal Growth and Cardiovascular Parameters in a Baboon Model of Pregnancy. Reprod Sci. 2018 07; 25(7):1116-1123.
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Tallquist MD, Soriano P. Cell autonomous requirement for PDGFRalpha in populations of cranial and cardiac neural crest cells. Development. 2003 Feb; 130(3):507-18.