Postsystolic shortening by myocardial deformation imaging as a sign of cardiac adaptation to pressure overload in fetal growth restriction

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 781-787

  Crispi, Fàtima ^a   Bijnens, Bart ^b   Sepulveda Swatson, Eduardo ^a   Cruz Lemini, Monica ^a   Rojas Benavente, Juan ^a   Gonzalez Tendero, Anna ^a   Garcia Posada, Raul ^a   Rodriguez Lopez, Merida ^a   Demicheva, Elena ^a   Sitges, Marta ^c   Gratacós, Eduard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Fetal heart; Ventricular remodeling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

EID: 84964226698     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.113.001490     Document Type: Article

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