Publication Date:
2018
Short description:
Ultrasound evaluation of left ventricular and aortic fibrosis after pre-eclampsia / Orabona, Rossana; Sciatti, Edoardo; Vizzardi, Enrico; Bonadei, Ivano; Prefumo, Federico; Valcamonico, Adriana; Metra, Marco; Frusca, Tiziana. - In: ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY. - ISSN 0960-7692. - (2018). [10.1002/uog.18825]
abstract:
Myocardial fibrosis is linked with adverse clinical outcomes in adults. The objective was to investigate the presence of myocardial and/or aortic fibrosis in asymptomatic women with a history of early-onset (EO) or late-onset (LO) pre-eclampsia (PE) by echocardiographic calibrated integrated backscatter (cIBS).
Iris type:
1.1 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
aorta; echocardiography; fibrosis; integrated backscatter; left ventricular; pre-eclampsia; uterine artery
List of contributors:
Orabona, Rossana; Sciatti, Edoardo; Vizzardi, Enrico; Bonadei, Ivano; Prefumo, Federico; Valcamonico, Adriana; Metra, Marco; Frusca, Tiziana
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