Tissue Doppler imaging in the normal fetus

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 227-234

  Harada, Kenji ^a   Tsuda, Akira ^a   Orino, Tomomi ^a   Tanaka, Toshinobu ^a   Takada, Goro ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diastolic function; Fetus; Tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGING; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032739347     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(99)00152-7     Document Type: Article

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