title: Relation of atrial size and function to Doppler indexes of diastolic function in normal human fetuses.
abstract: Fetal atrial function is compared with diastolic ventricular function indexes. The falloff of hyperfunction in fetal atrial contraction patterns matches sequentially the lessening of A wave dominance in the Doppler filling patterns for both ventricles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Akita University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsuda
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Rice
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shiota
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Sahn
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D016275:Atrial Function; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003971:Diastole / Q000502:physiology*; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D015588:Observer Variation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D016276:Ventricular Function