Complex Congenital Heart Disease Associated With Disordered Myocardial Architecture in a Midtrimester Human Fetus
Author(s) -
Patricia GarcíaCanadilla,
Hector Dejea,
Anne Bonnin,
Vedrana Baličević,
Sven Lončarić,
Chong Zhang,
Constantine Butakoff,
Jazmín AguadoSierra,
Mariano Vázquez,
Laurence H. Jackson,
Daniel J. Stuckey,
Cristoph Rau,
Marco Stampai,
Bart Bijnens,
Andrew C. Cook
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
circulation cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.584
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1942-0080
pISSN - 1941-9651
DOI - 10.1161/circimaging.118.007753
Subject(s) - ventricle , heart disease , cardiology , medicine , fetus , pregnancy , biology , genetics
We have shown the potential of X-ray phase-contrast imaging for studying cardiac microstructure in the developing human fetal heart at high resolution providing novel insight while preserving valuable archival material for future study. This is the first study to show myocardial alterations occur in complex CHD as early as midgestation.
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