Fetal cardiac ventricle volumetry in the second half of gestation assessed by 4D ultrasound using STIC combined with inversion mode

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 142-151

  Messing, B ^a   Cohen, S M ^a   Valsky, D V ^a   Rosenak, D ^a   Hochner Celnikier, D ^a   Savchev, S ^a   Yagel, S ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

4DUS; Fetal echocardiography; Inversion mode; Prenatal diagnosis; STIC; Ventricular volume

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; GESTATION PERIOD; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

CARDIAC VOLUME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, FOUR-DIMENSIONAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 34547933106     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.4036     Document Type: Article

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