Intrinsic Myoarchitectural Differences Between the Left and Right Ventricles of Fetal Human Hearts: An Ultrasonic Backscatter Feasibility Study

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 170-176

  Holland, Mark R ^a   Gibson, Allyson A ^a   Kirschner, Carol A ^a   Hicks, Deborah ^a   Ludomirsky, Achiau ^a   Singh, Gautam K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backscatter; Cyclic variation; Echocardiography; Fetus; Heart; Tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FETUS; FETUS HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MUSCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NORMAL HUMAN; ULTRASOUND;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FETAL HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58849122177     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2008.11.028     Document Type: Article

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