Determination of ventricular volumes in human fetal hearts by two-dimensional echocardiography.
In conclusion, ventricular volume calculation from 2DE is feasible in the human fetus and improves the ability to calculate fetal ventricular size and ejection fraction. The right ventricle is clearly dominant at midgestation, but approaches left ventricular size at term. Calculation of the ventricular output from 2DE volume measurements is an accurate alternative to Doppler measurements.
Schmidt
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Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of California at San Francisco 94143-0214, USA.
Silverman
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Hoffman
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D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005318:Fetal Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D013318:Stroke Volume; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal