Prospective Assessment of Fetal Cardiac Function With Speckle Tracking in Healthy Fetuses and Recipient Fetuses of Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
5610444	Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography	2010	8 Pages	PDF

Abstract

The feasibility of speckle tracking is low when imaging conditions are challenging, but it can identify right ventricular failure in selected patients with TTTS.

Keywords

fetal cardiac function echocardiography Speckle tracking Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome Strain rate Strain

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Prospective Assessment of Fetal Cardiac Function With Speckle Tracking in Healthy Fetuses and Recipient Fetuses of Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome

Authors

Tim MD, Sorin MD, Philip MD, Leonardo MD, Elisa MD, An MD, Jan PhD, Jan MD, PhD,