The effect of pregestational diabetes on fetal heart function

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 67-74

  Pauliks, Linda B ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac function; diabetes; Doppler; fetal echocardiogram; fetus; hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; pregnancy; prenatal; strain imaging; tissue Doppler

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; DIABETIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; HEART FUNCTION; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRENATAL PERIOD; REVIEW; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS;

EID: 84919417959     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14779072.2015.988141     Document Type: Review

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