title: Normal fetal cardiac dimensions obtained by perpendicular imaging.
abstract: This study provides normal fetal cardiac dimensional data in a large patient group over a wide range of gestational ages. Perpendicular imaging decreased lateral resolution error, resulting in normal values with narrower confidence limits than in prior studies.
authors.affiliation: East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Steed
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Strickland
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Swanson
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Hannon
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: McConnell
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Dombroski
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Webb
mesh_terms: D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology / Q000502:physiology; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D005260:Female; D005318:Fetal Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000196:embryology / Q000502:physiology; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D015588:Observer Variation; D011247:Pregnancy; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology / Q000502:physiology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal