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Speckle Tracking Echocardiography in Infants, Prenatally and Postnatally

Netherlands201 participantsStarted 2022-09-12

Plain-language summary

Comparison of prenatal and postnatal cardiac function assessed by echocardiography using pulsed wave Doppler, Tissue Doppler and speckle tracking (strain and strain rate) between foetuses/neonates with a structural heart disease, with an fetal growth restriction (FGR) and healthy fetuses/neonates.

Who can participate

Age range16 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * Informed consent * Sufficient command of the Dutch language * A pregnancy with a fetus with a structural heart disease, or * A pregnancy with a fetus with an FGR (defined as: weight and/or abdominal circumference p\<10, or deviating growth (weight and/or abdominal circumference) \> 20 percentiles, and Doppler abnormalities in either the umbilical artery, the uterine artery or the medial cerebral artery), or * A pregnancy with a healthy fetus (without any major fetal congenital abnormality) Exclusion Criteria: * Multiple pregnancy * A pregnancy with known fetal genetic abnormality * A pregnancy with other major fetal congenital abnormalities

What they're measuring

Comparison of fetal systolic and diastolic function (strain and strain rate)

Timeframe: 3 years

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05601375

SponsorErasmus Medical Center

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2025-09-12

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