Assessment of the Evolution of Normal Fetal Diastolic Function During Mid and Late Gestation by Spectral Doppler Tissue Echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1431-1437

  Nii, Masaki ^a   Roman, Kevin S ^a   Kingdom, John ^a,b   Redington, Andrew N ^a   Jaeggi, Edgar T ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FLOW RATE; GESTATION PERIOD; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECTROSCOPY; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33751326385     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2006.05.027     Document Type: Article

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