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Left myocardial performance index in monochorionic diamniotic twin pairs complicated by selective fetal growth restriction with abnormal umbilical artery Doppler.

Javier U OrtizXimena TorresMar BennasarElisenda EixarchOlga GómezFrancesca CrovettoSilvia M LobmaierJosep M MartinezEduard GratacósFatima Crispi
Published in: Prenatal diagnosis (2021)
A differential pattern of MPI time intervals could be observed in MCDA twins with sFGR type II and III. All twins had echocardiographic signs of pressure/volume overload, except the smaller twin type III with shorter systolic times probably reflecting reduced volume load.
Keyphrases
  • type iii
  • left ventricular
  • blood pressure
  • gestational age
  • mitral valve
  • left atrial
  • pulmonary hypertension
  • blood flow