Speckle-Tracking Analysis in Fetuses With Tetralogy of Fallot: Evaluation of Right and Left Ventricular Contractility and Left Ventricular Function.

Greggory R Devore Yalda AfsharDanielle HarakeGary SatouMark S Sklansky

Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2022)

Using multiple measurement tools to evaluate global, longitudinal, and transverse contractility, this study identified significant differences between fetuses with TOF and healthy controls, with greater contractility abnormalities seen in the LV than in the RV.

Keyphrases

left ventricular
smooth muscle
heart failure
gestational age
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
mycobacterium tuberculosis
cardiac resynchronization therapy
acute myocardial infarction
aortic stenosis
mass spectrometry
mitral valve
left atrial
ms ms
cross sectional
aortic valve