Left ventricle shortening fraction: A comparison between euploid and trisomy 21 fetuses in the first trimester

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 368-371

  Calda, Pavel ^a   Brestak, Miroslav ^a   Tomek, Viktor ^b   Ostadal, Bohuslav ^c   Sonek, Jiri ^d  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

First trimester; Marker; Shortening fraction of the left ventricle; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PERFORMANCE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE; TRISOMY 21;

DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; SYSTOLE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77950671525     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2500     Document Type: Article

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