Fetal left modified myocardial performance index: Technical refinements in obtaining pulsed-Doppler waveforms

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 421-429

  Meriki, N ^a,b   Izurieta, A ^b   Welsh, A W ^b,c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

cardiac; Doppler; fetal; MPI; pulsed wave; repeatability; Tei index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE VOLUME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84859422565     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.9090     Document Type: Article

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