Structural and functional changes in maternal left ventricle during pregnancy: A three-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography study

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Cong, Juan ^a   Fan, Tingpan ^a   Yang, Xiaoqian ^a   Squires, Jared Wynn ^b   Cheng, Guomei ^a   Zhang, Linlin ^a   Zhang, Zhan ^a  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Myocardial deformation; Pregnancy; Remodeling; Speckle tracking echocardiography; Three dimension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WORK; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84928730199     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14767120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-13-6     Document Type: Article

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