Longitudinal assessment of atrioventricular annulus excursion by grey-scale m-mode and colour tissue Doppler imaging in premature infants

Early Human Development

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 977-982

  Eriksen, Beate Horsberg ^a,b   Nestaas, Eirik ^c   Hole, Torstein ^a,b   Liestøl, Knut ^d   Støylen, Asbjørn ^b,e   Fugelseth, Drude ^f,g  

^a Møre and Romsdal Hospital Trust   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c VESTFOLD HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; MAE; Premature infant; TAPSE; Transitional circulation; Ventricular function

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR ANNULUS SYSTOLIC EXCURSION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; INFANT; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREMATURITY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NORWAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 84887614034     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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