Normal fetal cardiac deformation values in pregnancy; a prospective cohort study protocol

Abstract Background Myocardial deformation imaging offers the potential to measure myocardial function. Remodelling, the change in size, shape and function, appears as a result of pressure or volume changes and is thought to be the first sign of fetal adaptation to placental dysfunction. Deformation...

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Main Authors: Noortje H. M. van Oostrum, S. Guid Oei, Judith O. E. H. van Laar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-019-2662-3