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Assessment of fetal cardiac function with echocardiography
Author(s) -
Nakata Masahiko,
Sakuma Junya,
Takano Mayumi,
Nagasaki Sumito
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 1341-8076
DOI - 10.1111/jog.14143
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac function curve , fetus , cardiology , fetal echocardiography , doppler effect , doppler echocardiography , fetal heart , circulatory system , prenatal diagnosis , pregnancy , heart failure , diastole , blood pressure , physics , astronomy , biology , genetics
The circulatory physiology of fetuses differs from that of neonates. The concept of biventricular combined cardiac output is necessary to understand and assess the fetal cardiac function. Fetal cardiac function has been estimated using echocardiographic methods such as M‐mode, B‐mode and pulsed wave Doppler. In addition, recent studies have reported the utility of tissue Doppler imaging in fetal echocardiography. However, parameters for fetal cardiac function remain to be established. Recently, we developed two novel techniques for assessing fetal cardiac function: an automatic fractional shortening method and E/e′ determination using the dual‐gate Doppler method. These two techniques are expected to be reliable and useful for assessing the fetal status in various pathological conditions.