Fetal echocardiography was initially used to detect structural anomalies but has more
recently also been proposed to assess fetal cardiac function. This review summarizes …

Various approaches to 2‐dimensional speckle tracking have been used to evaluate left
ventricular function and deformation in the fetus, child, and adult. In 2015, because of …

Background Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is an emerging imaging modality
for assessing the anatomy and function of the fetal heart in congenital heart disease (CHD) …

Objectives The purpose of this study was to compare a new technique that measures the
midventricular basal‐apical longitudinal diastolic and systolic lengths, computes the …

Objectives Two‐dimensional speckle‐tracking echocardiography (2D‐STE) is a promising
technique which allows assessment of fetal cardiac function, and can be used in the …

Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate reproducibility and agreement of fetal cardiac
shape and deformation using FetalHQ. Methods: Fifty normal fetuses at 20–38 weeks of …

Objective: Two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (2D-STE)-based strain
values of the left and the right ventricle have been established; however, less is known …

Objective To study myocardial deformation by speckle tracking echocardiography in fetuses
with coarctation of the aorta (CoA) compared with gestational age‐matched normal controls …

Objective Assessment of cardiac function by speckle-tracking (2D-S) echocardiography in
the transitional period from fetal to neonatal life in a healthy population. Methods Ultrasound …

Epidemiologic and experimental evidence suggests that adverse stimuli during critical
periods in utero permanently alters organ structure and function and may have persistent …