Tei index: The earliest detectable cardiac structural and functional abnormality detectable in Hb Bart's foetal edema

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Chao, Guihua ^a   Zheng, Chenguang ^a   Meng, Dahua ^a   Su, Jialing ^a   Xie, Xijin ^a   Li, Wei ^b   Henein, Michael ^c  

^a MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH HOSPITAL OF GUANGXI ZHUANG AUTONOMOUS REGION   (China)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiac function; Doppler echocardiography; Hb Bart's foetal edema; Tei index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HB BART DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH; SYSTOLE; TEI INDEX; THALASSEMIA;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349232471     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.12.182     Document Type: Article

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