Echocardiographic Assessment of Embryonic and Fetal Mouse Heart Development: A Focus on Haemodynamics and Morphology

Figure 1

Development of LV inflow patterns. (a) Shows an example of a pulsed-wave Doppler recording across the MV at 17.5 dpc. (a′) Indicates the magnification of the boxed area in (a) in which the individual time intervals are indicated, that is, RR, DFT, IVCT, ET, and IVRT. (b) Through (e) indicates the course of the DFT, ET, IVCT, and IVRT, respectively, throughout embryonic/fetal life. All values in (b–e) are expressed as percentage of the RR.