Functional assessment of the fetal heart: A review

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 131-144

  Godfrey, M E ^a   Messing, B ^b   Cohen, S M ^b   Valsky, D V ^b   Yagel, S ^b  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

3DUS; 4DUS; E A ratio; fetal heart; four dimensional ultrasound; M mode; magnetic resonance imaging; MPI; MRI; myocardial performance index; prenatal diagnosis; speckle tracking; strain rate; three dimensional ultrasound; tissue Doppler

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FETAL HEART; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 84856344406     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.9064     Document Type: Review

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