Right ventricular dysfunction in children and adolescents conceived by assisted reproductive technologies

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1200-1206

  Von Arx, Robert ^a   Allemann, Yves ^a   Sartori, Claudio ^b   Rexhaj, Emrush ^a   Cerny, David ^a   De Marchi, Stefano F ^a   Soria, Rodrigo ^a   Germond, Marc ^c   Scherrer, Urs ^a,d   Rimoldi, Stefano F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c Centre de Procreation Medicalement Assistee et d'Endocrinologie Gynecologique Lausanne   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technologies; Cardiac function; Fetal programming; In vitro fertilization

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ALTITUDE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW UP; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; MALE; NEWBORN; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ADOLESCENT; ALTITUDE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OXYGEN; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; STROKE VOLUME; TRICUSPID VALVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84932103784     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00533.2014     Document Type: Article

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