Assessment of fetal cardiac function using tissue doppler techniques

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 30-38

  Comas, Montse ^a   Crispi, Fatima ^b  

^a Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cardiac function; Echocardiography; Myocardial velocities; Strain; Tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

BODY POSITION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; FETUS MOVEMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART CYCLE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HEART; HEART DISEASES; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PREGNANCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 84864881022     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000335028     Document Type: Review

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