Assessment of fetal cardiac morphology and functional changes in early-onset and late-onset fetal growth restriction.

Deniz OlukluDilek Menekse BeserDerya Uyan HendemMuradiye YildirimBergen Laleli KocAtakan TanacanDilek Sahin

Published in: International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (2022)

We hypothesized that EO-FGR and LO-FGR fetuses had insufficient myocardial maturation. Especially in the LO FGR fetuses, TDI is the earliest and most sensitive technique to show subtle changes in fetal cardiac functions.

Keyphrases

early onset
late onset
left ventricular
gestational age
heart failure
preterm birth