Noninvasive measurement of isovolumetric contraction time by Doppler cardiography can be substituted for fetal cardiac contractility: Evaluation of a fetal lamb study

Early Human Development

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 263-267

  Satoh, Shoji ^a   Yumoto, Yasuo ^b   Fujita, Yasuyuki ^b   Kinukawa, Naoko ^c   Nakano, Hitoo ^b  

^a OITA PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Doppler cardiography; Fetal cardiac contractility; Isovolumetric contraction time; Pre ejection period

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER CARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; EWE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HYPOXIA; GAS MIXING; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART PREEJECTION PERIOD; ISOVOLUMETRIC CONTRACTION TIME; LAMB; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VARIANCE; WAVEFORM;

ANIMALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; FETUS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PREGNANCY; SHEEP;

EID: 33947312839     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Weissler A.M., Harris W.S., and Schoenfeld C.D. Systolic time intervals in heart failure in man. Circulation 37 (1968) 149-159
2. Metzger C.C., Chough C.B., Kroetz F.W., and Leonard J.J. True isovolumic contraction time. Its correlation with two external indexes of ventricular performance. Am J Cardiol 25 (1970) 434-442
3. Organ L.W., Bernstein A., Smith K.C., and Rowe I.H. The pre-ejection period of the fetal heart: patterns of change during labor. Am J Obstet Gynecol 120 (1974) 49-55
4. Hawrylyshyn P.A., Organ L.W., and Bernstein A. A new computer technique for continuous measurement of the pre-ejection period in the human fetus: physiologic significance of pre-ejection period patterns. Am J Obstet Gynecol 137 (1980) 801-809
5. Organ L.W., Milligan J.E., Goodwin J.W., and Bain M.J. The pre-ejection period of the fetal heart: response to stress in the term fetal lamb. Am J Obstet Gynecol 115 (1973) 377-386
6. Murata Y., and Martin Jr. C.B. Systolic time intervals of the fetal cardiac cycle. Obstet Gynecol 44 (1974) 224-232
7. Robinson H.P., Adam A.H., Fleming J.E., Houston A., and Clark D.M. Fetal electromechanical intervals in labour. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 85 (1978) 172-177
8. Koga T., Athayde N., Trudinger B., and Nakano H. A new and simple Doppler method for measurement of fetal cardiac isovolumetric contraction time. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 18 (2001) 264-267
9. Koga T., Athayde N., and Trudinger B. The fetal cardiac isovolumetric contraction time in normal pregnancy and in pregnancy with placental vascular disease: the first clinical report using a new ultrasound technique. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 108 (2001) 179-185
10. Koga T., Athayde N., and Trudinger B. A new ultrasound technique to measure the isovolumetric contraction time as an index of cardiac contractility: fetal lamb validation. J Soc Gynecol Investig 10 (2003) 194-199
11. Gleason W.L., and Braunwald E. Studies on the first derivative of the ventricular pressure pulse in man. J Clin Invest 41 (1962) 80-91
12. Martin C.E., Shaver J.A., Thompson M.E., Reddy P.S., and Leonard J.J. Direct correlation of external systolic time intervals with internal indices of left ventricular function in man. Circulation 44 (1971) 419-431
13. Wallace A.G., Skinner Jr. N.S., and Mitchell J.H. Hemodynamic determinants of the maximal rate of rise of left ventricular pressure. Am J Physiol 205 (1963) 30-36
14. Taylor M.J., Smith M.J., Thomas M., Green A.R., Cheng F., Oseku-Afful S., et al. Non-invasive fetal electrocardiography in singleton and multiple pregnancies. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 110 (2003) 668-678
15. Yumoto Y., Satoh S., Koga T., Nagata H., Nagamatsu R., and Nakano H. Prenatal diagnosis of slow-rate ventricular tachycardia using fetal electrocardiography. Prenat Diagn 24 (2004) 463-467