Development of australian reference ranges for the left fetal modified myocardial performance index and the influence of caliper location on time interval measurement

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 87-95

  Meriki, N ^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 valve; Doppler; Fetus; Myocardial performance index; Reference range

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CALIPER PLACEMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION TIME; HEART PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; ISOVOLUMETRIC CONTRACTION TIME; ISOVOLUMETRIC RELAXATION TIME; LEFT FETAL MODIFIED MYOCARDIAL PERFORMANCE INDEX; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VALVE CLICK; WAVEFORM;

ALGORITHMS; AORTIC VALVE; AUSTRALIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MITRAL VALVE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 84864887049     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000334133     Document Type: Article

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