Quantitative Assessment of Right Ventricular Function Using Doppler Tissue Imaging in Fetuses with and without Heart Failure

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 28-35

  Aoki, Mieko ^a,b   Harada, Kenji ^a,b   Ogawa, Masaki ^a,b   Tanaka, Toshinobu ^a,b  

^a Akita University School of Medicine ^*

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0346690219     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2003.09.012     Document Type: Article

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