Left atrial shortening fraction in fetuses with and without myocardial hypertrophy in diabetic pregnancies

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 182-187

  Zielinsky, P ^a   Luchese, S ^a   Manica, J L ^a   Piccoli Jr , A L ^a   Nicoloso, L H ^a   Leite, M F ^a   Hagemann, L ^a   Busato, A ^a   Moraes, M R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CARDIOLOGIA DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fetal diastolic function; Fetal myocardial hypertrophy; Left atrial shortening fraction; Maternal diabetes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL SHORTENING FRACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARAMETERS CONCERNING THE FETUS, NEWBORN AND PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARDIOMEGALY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL HEART; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 59949093434     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.6154     Document Type: Article

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