Fetal myocardial tissue Doppler indices before birth physiologically change in proportion to body size adjusted for gestational age in low-risk term pregnancies

Early Human Development

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 517-523

  Sekii, Katsuyuki ^a   Ishikawa, Takamichi ^a   Ogata, Tsutomu ^a   Itoh, Hiroaki ^a   Iwashima, Satoru ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Cardiac function; Fetus; Placenta; Pregnancy; Ultrasound; Z score

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

ADULT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TERM BIRTH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84861660085     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2011.12.014     Document Type: Article

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