Comparison of 2D versus M-mode echocardiography for assessing fetal myocardial wall thickness.

Alvaro Sepúlveda-MartínezLaura García-OteroIris SoveralLaura GuiradoBrenda Valenzuela-AlcarazXimena TorresMérida Rodriguez-LopezEduard GratacosOlga GómezFàtima Crispi

Published in: The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians (2018)

2D and M-mode can be used in a reproducible manner for measuring fetal myocardial thickness, with a slightly better performance of M-mode for assessing ED septal wall thickness.

Keyphrases

left ventricular
optical coherence tomography
emergency department
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
computed tomography