Significant advances in 3-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) technology have ushered its
use into clinical practice. The recent advent of real-time 3DE using matrix array transthoracic …

This 8th Edition of Moss and Adams' Heart Disease in Infants, Children, and Adolescents:
Including the Fetus and Young Adult, provides updated and useful information from leading …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that early pregnancy
changes in volume homeostasis develop as a consequence of preceding changes in …

Background—The objectives of this study were to establish reference ranges for left and
right cardiac output and to investigate blood flow distribution through the foramen ovale …

Background By using Doppler echocardiography, we determined the normal distribution of
human fetal combined cardiac output (CCO) from the left and right ventricles. We also …

Cardiac tamponade is responsible for an obstructive shock. Causes of pericardial effusion
are numerous. Echocardiography is the fundamental tool for the diagnosis and therapeutic …

Serial measurements of cardiac output and mean arterial pressure were performed in 15
women during the first stage of labour and at one and 24 hours after delivery. Cardiac output …

This study evaluated the relative hemodynamic importance of a normal left ventricular (LV)
activation sequence compared to atrioventricular (AV) synchrony with respect to systolic and …

One hundred and twenty ventilated preterm infants, birthweight< 1500 g, were examined
within the first 36 hours with colour Doppler echocardiography, to determine the …

Background Transthoracic echocardiographic estimates of peak systolic pulmonary artery
pressure are conventionally calculated from the maximal velocity of the tricuspid …