Perinatal asphyxia (PA) is a burdening pathology with high short-term mortality and severe
long-term consequences. Its incidence, reaching as high as 10 cases per 1000 live births in …

Targeted neonatal echocardiography (TNE) involves the use of comprehensive
echocardiography to appraise cardiovascular physiology and neonatal hemodynamics to …

The management of low blood flow states in premature neonates is fraught with many
challenges. We remain over-reliant on regimented stepwise protocols that use mean blood …

Rationale: Asphyxiated neonates with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) are at risk of
myocardial dysfunction; however, echocardiography studies are limited and little is known …

Ultrasound imaging stands as the predominant modality for neonatal health assessment,
with recent advancements in ultrafast Doppler (μDoppler) technology offering significant …

The interest in the use of cardiac ultrasound for hemodynamic evaluation in neonates has
increased in the last decades. Several overlap** terms exists, and a non-comprehensive …

Aim To test the hypothesis that right ventricular (RV) function has age-specific patterns of
development, we tracked the evolution of RV strain mechanics by 2D-speckle tracking …

Background The increasing population of diabetes mellitus in adolescent girls and women
of childbearing age contributes to a large number of pregnancies with maternal …

Neonates with a perinatal hypoxic event and subsequent neonatal encephalopathy are at
risk of develo** acute pulmonary hypertension (aPH) in the early neonatal a Division of …

Numerous congenital or secondary diseases, including, heart disease, respiratory disease,
sepsis and many others, can lead to neonatal death. B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is a …