Left ventricle shortening fraction: a comparison between euploid and trisomy 21 fetuses in the first trimester

Abstract

Objectives Measurement of the shortening fraction of the left ventricle (SFLV) is an objective way to assess systolic performance.

Keywords

• trisomy 21
• first trimester
• marker
• shortening fraction of the left ventricle
• cardiac development
• down-syndrome
• fetal
• pregnancy