Comparison of global and regional right and left ventricular longitudinal peak systolic strain, strain rate and velocity in healthy fetuses using a novel feature tracking technique

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 549-556

  Willruth, Arne M ^a   Geipel, Annegret K ^a   Berg, Christoph Th ^a,b   Fimmers, Ralf ^a   Gembruch, Ulrich G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Feature tracking; fetus; left ventricle; right ventricle; strain; strain rate; velocity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR LONGITUDINAL PEAK SYSTOLIC STRAIN; LEFT VENTRICULAR LONGITUDINAL PEAK SYSTOLIC STRAIN RATE; LEFT VENTRICULAR LONGITUDINAL PEAK SYSTOLIC VELOCITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT VENTRICULAR LONGITUDINAL PEAK SYSTOLIC STRAIN; RIGHT VENTRICULAR LONGITUDINAL PEAK SYSTOLIC STRAIN RATE; RIGHT VENTRICULAR LONGITUDINAL PEAK SYSTOLIC VELOCITY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SYSTOLE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 80052694138     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2011.060     Document Type: Article

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