Quantification of regional left and right ventricular longitudinal function in 75 normal fetuses using ultrasound-based strain rate and strain imaging

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1159-1162

  Di Salvo, Giovanni ^a,d   Russo, Maria G ^a   Paladini, Dario ^b   Pacileo, Giuseppe ^a   Felicetti, Maria ^a   Ricci, Concetta ^a   Cardaropoli, Dominga ^a   Palma, Michela ^a   Caso, Pio ^c   Calabro, Raffaele ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c MONALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d FESC   (Italy)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Fetal heart; Strain rate imaging

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRAIN RATE;

FETAL HEART; MYOCARDIAL VELOCITY; STRAIN RATE IMAGING; VENTRICULAR FUNCTIONS;

ULTRASONICS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTILITY; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SYSTOLE;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 24944498494     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2005.05.011     Document Type: Article

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