Relation of atrial size and function to Doppler indexes of diastolic function in normal human fetuses.
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.
Harada
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Department of Pediatrics, Akita University School of Medicine, Japan.
Tsuda
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A
Rice
M J
MJ
Shiota
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McDonald
R W
RW
Sahn
D J
DJ
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