Left Ventricular Function and Dimensions Are Altered Early in Infants Developing Brain Injury in the Setting of Neonatal Encephalopathy.

Elias, Pierre; Lapointe, Anie; Wintermark, Pia; Moore, Shiran Sara; Villegas Martinez, Daniela; Simoneau, Jessica; Altit, Gabriel · J Pediatr · 2023

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Abstract

We evaluated the association between left cardiac 3-dimensional echocardiographic parameters and brain injury in a single-center prospective study of neonates with neonatal encephalopathy. On day 2 of life, neonates with brain injury had greater left ventricle end-diastolic and stroke volume but also greater peak global circumferential strain detected by 3-dimensional echocardiogram.

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