Evaluation of cardiac functions in term small for gestational age newborns with mild growth retardation: A serial conventional and tissue Doppler imaging echocardiographic study

Early Human Development

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 757-764

  Altin, Hakan ^a   Karaarslan, Sevim ^a   Karataş, Zehra ^a   Alp, Hayrullah ^a   Şap, Fatih ^a   Baysal, Tamer ^a  

^a NECMETTIN ERBAKAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cardiac functions; Cardiac remodeling; Myocardial performance index; Term small for gestational age

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INDEX; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEWBORN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PULSE WAVE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HEART; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84864032356     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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