A comprehensive echocardiographic protocol for assessing neonatal right ventricular dimensions and function in the transitional period: Normative data and z scores

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1293-1304

  Jain, Amish ^a,b,c   Mohamed, Adel ^a,b   El Khuffash, Afif ^d   Connelly, Kim A ^b,e,f   Dallaire, Frederic ^g   Jankov, Robert P ^b,c,f,g   McNamara, Patrick J ^b,g   Mertens, Luc ^b,h  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ROTUNDA HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF CANADA   (Canada)

^g HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Neonate; Right ventricle; Speckle tracking

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL AREA CHANGE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; RIGHT VENTRICLE ANTEROINFERIOR BASAL DIAMETER; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; Z SCORE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 84919420281     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2014.08.018     Document Type: Article

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