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Color M‐Mode Sonography for Evaluation of Fetal Arrhythmias
Author(s) -
Detterich Jon A.,
Pruetz Jay,
Sklansky Mark S.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/jum.2012.31.10.1681
Subject(s) - medicine , color doppler , blood flow , radiology , doppler effect , cardiology , fetal heart , doppler sonography , spectral analysis , fetus , ultrasonography , pregnancy , physics , genetics , astronomy , quantum mechanics , spectroscopy , biology
Fetal arrhythmias can be challenging to diagnose, even with the use of 2‐dimensional, M‐mode, and spectral Doppler sonography of myocardial or blood flow signals to determine the rate, synchrony, and timing. Color Doppler sonography combined with M‐mode echocardiography uses the myocardium and blood flow to provide a robust evaluation of cardiac rhythm. Limited descriptions of color M‐mode sonography have been published. This article describes the systematic application of the color M‐mode technique using 4 specific clinical case examples and contrasts this technique with more conventional approaches to fetal arrhythmia diagnosis.