Reproducibility of constituent time intervals of right and left fetal modified myocardial performance indices on pulsed Doppler echocardiography: A short report

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 654-658

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

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Doppler; MPI; repeatability; Tei index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; HEART CONTRACTION; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TIME;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84861626416     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.10049     Document Type: Article

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