Myocardial function in term and preterm infants. Influence of heart size, gestational age and postnatal maturation

Early Human Development

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 359-364

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

^a Møre and Romsdal Hospital Trust   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c VESTFOLD HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^g ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Mitral annular plane systolic excursion; Postnatal transition; Tissue Doppler imaging; Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B SCAN; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE END DIASTOLIC LENGTH; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEART; HEART CONTRACTION; NEWBORN; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY;

COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; ORGAN SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84925224072     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2014.04.010     Document Type: Article

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