Assessment of left ventricular global and regional longitudinal peak systolic strain, strain rate and velocity with feature tracking in healthy fetuses

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Willruth, A M ^a   Geipel, A ^a   Berg, C ^a,b   Fimmers, R ^a   Gembruch, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

cardiac; echocardiography; heart; ultrasound 2D

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICS; SYSTOLE; TWIN PREGNANCY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, TWIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SYSTOLE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84871877633     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: 14388782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1246029     Document Type: Article

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