Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) remain the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Although
major diagnostic and therapeutic advances have significantly improved the prognosis of …

The International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG) is a scientific
organization that encourages sound clinical practice and high-quality teaching and research …

Sinus tachycardia (ST) is ubiquitous, but its presence outside of normal physiological
triggers in otherwise healthy individuals remains a commonly encountered phenomenon in …

Introduction Visual assessment of the placenta in antenatal magnetic resonance imaging is
important to confirm healthy appearances or to identify pathology complicating fetal anomaly …

BACKGROUND The mainstay of assessment of the fetal lungs in clinical practice is via
evaluation of pulmonary size, primarily using 2D ultrasound and more recently with …

Late gestational supine positioning reduces maternal cardiac output due to inferior vena
caval (IVC) compression, despite increased collateral venous return. However, little is …

Background Although insufficient maternal cardiac output (CO) has been implicated in poor
outcomes in mothers with heart disease (HD), maternal-fetal interactions remain …

Introduction The CARP study aims to investigate placental function, cardiac function and
fetal growth comprehensively during pregnancy, a time of maximal cardiac stress, to work …

Simple Summary Pregnancy requires major adaptions to blood circulation in the mother,
because the developing baby needs an increasing supply of nutrients from the mother to …

Abstract Background Neonatal chest-Xray (CXR) s are commonly performed as a first line
investigation for the evaluation of respiratory complications. Although lung area derived from …