Comparing ventricular function in fetuses of diabetic and non-diabetic mothers using tissue doppler imaging

Background: Maternal diabetes is associated with increased teratogenic effects on fetuses; it affects the structure and functions of fetal heart and alters the fetal-placental circulation. Although several articles have demonstrated fetal cardiac malformation and defects in diabetic mothers, ventric...

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Main Authors: Maryam Moradian, Avisa Tabib, Ahmad Ghasempour, Nasrin Alaee, Zahra Akbarzadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Research in Cardiovascular Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.rcvmonline.com/article.asp?issn=2251-9572;year=2016;volume=5;issue=4;spage=4;epage=4;aulast=Moradian;type=0