Gestational age- and estimated fetal weight-adjusted reference ranges for myocardial tissue Doppler indices at 24-41 weeks' gestation

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-64

  Comas, M ^a   Crispi, F ^a   Gomez O ^a   Puerto, B ^a   Figueras, F ^a   Gratacos E ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

Author keywords

cardiac function; echocardiography; myocardial peak velocities; myocardial performance index; tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VENTRICULAR SEPTUM;

EID: 78650644949     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.8870     Document Type: Article

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