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M-MODE ULTRASONIC ASSESSMENT OF FETAL CARDIOVASCULAR DYNAMICS
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb01204.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 88, Issue 12, pages 1241–1245, December 1981
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How to Cite
Wladimiroff, J. W. and McGhie, J. S. (1981), M-MODE ULTRASONIC ASSESSMENT OF FETAL CARDIOVASCULAR DYNAMICS. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 88: 1241–1245. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb01204.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Received May 8, 1981/Accepted July 20, 1981
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Summary
A combined two-dimensional real-time and M-mode technique for measuring fetal right and left ventricular cardiac geometry and function is presented. From 64 normal women studied between 27 and 41 weeks gestation, 53 technically acceptable recordings showed a significant increase in left and right ventricular size. Both ventricles are geometrically and functionally uniform. Mean velocity of blood flow in the fetal descending aorta as measured by pulsed Doppler ultrasound showed no relation to mean velocity of fractional shortening of both cardiac ventricles.