Research Article

Effect of Angiotensin II on the Left Ventricular Function in a Near-Term Fetal Sheep with Metabolic Acidemia

Figure 1

Tissue Doppler-derived left ventricular longitudinal myocardial velocities at the level of mitral valve annulus obtained from a near-term sheep fetus. Isovolumic contraction velocity (IVCV), isovolumic contraction time (IVCT), velocity during ventricular systole (S′), isovolumic relaxation velocity (IVRV), isovolumic relaxation time (IVRT), ejection time (ET), velocities during early ventricular filling (E′), and atrial contraction (A′) phases of the cardiac cycle.
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