Fetal Myocardial Performance (Tei) Index in Fetal Hemoglobin Bart's Disease

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 355-358

  Luewan, S ^a   Tongprasert, F ^a   Srisupundit, K ^a   Tongsong, T ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

echocardiography; fetus; heart; ultrasound doppler

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN BART'S; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; FETUS HYDROPS; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNDROME;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; SYNDROME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84881617068     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: 14388782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1313159     Document Type: Article

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