The cardiac state diagram as a novel approach for the evaluation of pre- and post-ejection phases of the cardiac cycle in asphyxiated fetal lambs

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1682-1687

  Wågström, Elle ^a   Johnson, Jonas ^b   Ferm Widlund, Kjerstin ^a   Elmstedt, Nina ^b   Liuba, Karina ^c   Lind, Britta ^b   Brodin, Lars Åke ^b   Lundbäck, Stig ^d   Westgren, Magnus ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Gripping Heart AB Stockholm ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asphyxia; Cardiac state diagram; Cardiac time intervals; Doppler; Echocardiography; Fetal physiology; Myocardial motion; Tissue velocity imaging

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ASPHYXIA; DOPPLER; MYOCARDIAL MOTION; STATE DIAGRAM; TIME INTERVAL; VELOCITY IMAGING;

HEART;

LACTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIAC STATE DIAGRAM; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HYPOXIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ARREST; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION TIME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LAMB; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE VELOCITY IMAGING;

ASPHYXIA; CARDIAC STATE DIAGRAM; CARDIAC TIME INTERVALS; DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETAL PHYSIOLOGY; MYOCARDIAL MOTION; TISSUE VELOCITY IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FETAL HYPOXIA; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; STROKE VOLUME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84881667580     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2013.04.012     Document Type: Article

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