Transition from fetal to neonatal life: Changes in cardiac function assessed by speckle-tracking echocardiography

Conclusion: Speckle-tracking echocardiography is a feasible and reproducible technique in analyzing both fetal and newborn cardiac functions. Therefore, it might be useful in clinical routine examinations and give new insights in transitional physiology.
Source: Early Human Development - Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Source Type: research