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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Fetal Medicine 2023; 10(02): 053-061
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1770736
Review Article

Pulsed Wave Doppler of Cardiac Valves

Karthik Senthilvel 
1   Karu–Fetal Diagnosis, Therapy, Genetics and Research Institute, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India
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Abstract

Despite newer techniques like tissue Doppler and speckle tracking, the need for a spectral Doppler still exists. It can give parameters that are not possible by newer techniques like peak systolic velocity and the ratio of time and velocity. In this article, we discuss the technique for doing pulsed wave Doppler for fetal cardiac valves.

Keywords

fetal cardiac Doppler - fetal TIE index - fetal MPI - fetal echo - fetal PR interval - fetal semilunar valves


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Article published online:
24 August 2023

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