Fetal left ventricular myocardial performance index measured at 11-14 weeks of gestation in fetuses with an increased nuchal translucency.

Salim Sezer Suleyman Cemil Oglak Başak Kaya Mustafa Behram Zeynep Gedik Özköse Sema Süzen Çaypınar Züat Acar Alper Gezdirici Helen Bornaun

Published in: The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research (2023)

We demonstrated a significantly greater mean MPI value in the increased NT thickness group than in the normal NT thickness group. Within the increased NT thickness group, no differences in the left MPI value in the fetuses with normal karyotype and the fetuses with trisomy 21 were found.

Keyphrases

gestational age
left ventricular
optical coherence tomography
preterm birth
heart failure
acute myocardial infarction
mitral valve
aortic stenosis
cardiac resynchronization therapy
percutaneous coronary intervention
ejection fraction
aortic valve