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Doppler transmitral flow velocity was measured in premature infants. The early diastolic peak velocity, the peak velocity of early diastole/peak velocity of atrial contraction ratio, and total flow velocity—time integral increased significantly with advancing gestational age and body weight. The peak filling rate normalized to stroke volume (NPFR) did not correlate with gestational age or body weight. Moreover, mean NPFR was not significantly different between premature and term infants. Thus NPFR demonstrates that changes in the left ventricular filling patterns with advancing gestational age and increasing body size are related to the progressive increase in loading conditions, rather than to sequential changes in myocardial properties.
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Harada, K., Tamura, M., Takahashi, Y. et al. Role of gestational age and body weight on Doppler transmitral flow velocity pattern in very low birth weight infants. Pediatr Cardiol 17, 242–245 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02524801
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