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Determination of ventricular volumes in human fetal hearts by two-dimensional echocardiography
K G Schmidt1, N H Silverman, J I Hoffman
1Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of California at San Francisco 94143-0214, USA.
The American Journal of Cardiology
|December 15, 1995
Abstract:
In conclusion, ventricular volume calculation from 2DE is feasible in the human fetus and improves the ability to calculate fetal ventricular size and ejection fraction. The right ventricle is clearly dominant at midgestation, but approaches left ventricular size at term. Calculation of the ventricular output from 2DE volume measurements is an accurate alternative to Doppler measurements.