Normal fetal cardiac dimensions obtained by perpendicular imaging.
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.
Steed
R D
RD
East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Strickland
D M
DM
Swanson
M S
MS
Hannon
D W
DW
McConnell
M E
ME
Dombroski
R A
RA
Webb
S R
SR
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