Fetal Echocardiography and Pulsed-wave Doppler Ultrasound in a Rabbit Model of Intrauterine Growth Restriction

Ryan Hodges; Masayuki Endo; Andre La Gerche; Elisenda Eixarch; Philip DeKoninck; Vessilina Ferferieva; Jan D'hooge; Euan M. Wallace; Jan Deprest

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Fetal Echocardiography and Pulsed-wave Doppler Ultrasound in a Rabbit Model of Intrauterine Growth Restriction

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Fetal Echocardiography and Pulsed-wave Doppler Ultrasound in a Rabbit Model of Intrauterine Growth Restriction

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14:19 min

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June 29, 2013

DOI:

10.3791/50392-v

DOI:

10.3791/50392-v

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14:19 min

June 29, 2013

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Ryan Hodges^1,2, Masayuki Endo¹, Andre La Gerche³, Elisenda Eixarch^4,5, Philip DeKoninck¹, Vessilina Ferferieva³, Jan D’hooge³, Euan M. Wallace², Jan Deprest¹

¹Division Woman and Child, Department Women,University Hospitals Leuven, ²The Ritchie Centre, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,Monash University, Victoria, Australia, ³Department of Cardiovascular Sciences,Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, ⁴Fetal and Perinatal Medicine Research Group,Institut d’Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), ⁵Maternal-Fetal Medicine Department, ICGON, Hospital Clínic,Universitat de Barcelona, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER)

Summary

We describe examination of fetal cardiac function with contemporary functional fetal echocardiography and fetoplacental Doppler ultrasound using the VisualSonics VEVO 2100 microultrasound in a surgically induced model of intrauterine fetal growth restriction in a rabbit.