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

Ulf Schubert, Matthias J. Müller, Mikael Norman, Hashim Abdul‐Khaliq

Early Human Development · 2013 · 52 citations · 27 references

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Abstract

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.

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