OC08.01: Prospective evaluation of cardiac functional parameters in healthy fetuses using Speckle Tracking Echocardiography at 12–37 weeks' gestation

To measure Ventricular Ejection Fraction (EF) and Longitudinal Ventricular strain in healthy fetuses using Speckle Tracking Echocardiography (STE) in relation to weeks of gestation (wg) and to evaluate functional changes during gestation. STE was prospectively performed on singleton normal fetuses from 12 wg to term, and divided into 4 groups according to wg. We used convex probes ranging from 1-8 MHz (Hitachi-Aloka Prosound alpha 10). Four...