Temporal and spatial performance of vector velocity imaging in the human fetal heart

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 150-157

  Matsui, H ^a   Germanakis, I ^a   Kulinskaya, E ^b   Gardiner, H M ^a,c  

^a QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fetus; myocardial strain; speckle tracking; tissue Doppler velocities; vector velocity imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS HEART; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 79251537791     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.8815     Document Type: Article

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