Is annular M-mode displacement as sensitive as tissue Doppler imaging for assessing cardiac function in fetuses with intrauterine growth restriction?
M-mode imaging offers a simpler alternative to tissue Doppler imaging that may be equally sensitive for detecting subtle cardiac dysfunction in IUGR fetuses.
Both M-mode and TDI demonstrate annular motion changes and consequently cardiac dysfunction in IUGR fetuses. M-mode imaging is simpler to perform and could be as sensitive as TDI for detecting subtle changes.
Cruz‐Lemini et al. (Sat,) studied this question.
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