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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2016-01-01
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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 |