Observational studyThe international journal of cardiovascular imaging2020
Evolution of strain and strain rate values throughout gestation in healthy fetuses.
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- Reproducibility of fetal global longitudinal strain measured with speckle tracking echocardiography using a fixed cardiac cycle.PloS one · 2026Article
- Myocardial strain assessment in the human fetus by cardiac MRI using Doppler ultrasound gating and feature tracking.European radiology · 2024Article
- Assessing Coarctation of the Aorta With Fetal Heart Quantification Technology.Maternal-fetal medicine (Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.) · 2024Article
- To investigate the correlation between normal fetal biventricular myocardial function and gestational age using velocity vector imaging.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- Developmental Differences in Left Ventricular Strain in IUGR vs. Control Children the First Three Months of Life.Pediatric cardiology · 2022Article
- Fetal myocardial deformation measured with two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography: longitudinal prospective cohort study of 124 healthy fetuses.Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2022Article
- Soft-Tissue Material Properties and Mechanogenetics during Cardiovascular Development.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2022Review
- Spectral Doppler, tissue Doppler, and speckle-tracking echocardiography for the evaluation of fetal cardiac function: an update.Radiologia brasileiraReview
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Abstract
Myocardial deformation by speckle tracking echocardiography is a novel method for evaluating cardiac function. To test the hypothesis that right ventricular and left ventricular function have age-specific patterns of development, we tracked the evolution of ventricular strain mechanics by speckle tracking echocardiography in the fetus. We conducted a retrospective cross sectional echocardiography study in 154 healthy fetuses, and characterized cardiac function by measuring right and left ventricles global longitudinal strain and strain rate. Comparison of the data of both ventricles according to gestational age was carried out. The magnitudes of right and left ventricle global longitudinal strain show wide range values and decreased throughout gestation. Strain values are higher in left ventricle compared to the right one throughout pregnancy. Strain rate values were similar over gestation in each ventricle, but the magnitudes declined overtime in the right and left ventricle. The maturational patterns of left and right strain are gestational specific. With accepted physiological maturation patterns in healthy subjects, these myocardial deformation parameters can provide a valid basis that allows comparison between health and disease.
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