Regional and global myocardial deformation of the fetal right ventricle in hypoplastic left heart syndrome

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 949-953

  Miller, Thomas A ^a   Puchalski, Michael D ^a   Weng, Cindy ^a   Menon, Shaji C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; IMAGING; INFANT; MYOCARDIAL DEFORMATION; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VELOCITY VECTOR IMAGING;

FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; MYOCARDIUM; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYSTOLE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84867023833     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.3939     Document Type: Article

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