Fetal myocardial tissue Doppler indices before birth physiologically change in proportion to body size adjusted for gestational age in low-risk term pregnancies

• Published in: Early human development Vol. 88; no. 7; pp. 517 - 523
• Main Authors: Sekii, Katsuyuki, Ishikawa, Takamichi, Ogata, Tsutomu, Itoh, Hiroaki, Iwashima, Satoru
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.07.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Advanced Basic Science; Biological and medical sciences; Birth weight; Body Size - physiology; Body Weights and Measures - standards; Cardiac function; Echocardiography, Doppler; Embryology: invertebrates and vertebrates. Teratology; Female; Fetus; Fetus - anatomy & histology; Fetus - physiology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gestational Age; Health Status Indicators; Heart - anatomy & histology; Heart - embryology; Heart - physiology; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Male; Myocardium - cytology; Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine; Parturition - physiology; Placenta; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Trimester, Third - physiology; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Term Birth - physiology; Ultrasonography, Prenatal; Ultrasound; z score; Pregnancy; Placenta; Cardiac function; Fetus; Birth weight; z score; Ultrasound; Human; Fetal membrane; Corporal biometry; Birth; Gestational age; Term pregnancy; Body size; Developmental stage

Few studies have investigated the relationship between myocardial tissue Doppler parameters and fetal size adjusted for gestational age and its trend has been controversial. To investigate fetal cardiac function before birth using tissue Doppler imaging (TDI: indicated by the prime symbol (′)) in lo...