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DiagnTher.2017[Epubbeforeprint].
Fetalaorticdistensibilitymaybemeasuredusing
speckletrackingofthethoracicaortic
circumference—thefractionalareachange.The
relationshipbetweenfetalbloodpressureand
thismeasureisvalidatedinananimalmodelin
thispaper.
YeoL,RomeroR.Colorandpowerdoppler
combinedwithfetalintelligentnavigation
echocardiography(FINE)toevaluatethefetal
heart.UltrasoundObstetGynecol.
2017;50(4):476–491.
FetalIntelligentNavigationEchocardiography
(FINE)isanovelcomputer-aidedmethod
developedbytheauthorstoassistin
interpretationofthefetalheartfromthree
dimensionalvolumesofbycreatingaseriesof
standardechocardiographyviews.
YeoL,RomeroR.Prenataldiagnosisof
hypoplasticleftheartandcoarctationoftheaorta
withcolordopplerFINE.UltrasoundObstet
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Thispaperbuildsonpreviousworkbytheauthors
anddescribeshowcongenitalheartdefectsmay
berecognisedusingfetalintelligentnavigation
echocardiographycombinedwithcolorDoppler.


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