Cardiac function in 10-year-old twins following different fetal therapies for twin-twin transfusion syndrome

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 652-657

  Gardiner, H M ^a,b   Matsui, H ^a,b   Roughton, M ^c   Greenwald, S E ^d   Diemert, A ^e   Taylor, M J O ^a   Hecher, K ^e  

^a QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

cardiac function; fetus; myocardial deformation; twin twin transfusion syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL THERAPY; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HEART; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; TWINS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL THERAPIES; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84901936124     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.13279     Document Type: Article

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