Fudan University Journal of Medical Sciences

Reference ranges of cardiac size and morphology for low-risk fetuses at 28-39 gestational weeks based on two-dimensional speckle tracking technique

Chen ZHU, Cheng-jie XU, Rui LIU, Man LI, Yu XIONG, Jin-lian XIANG, Yun-yun REN

Fudan University Journal of Medical Sciences, 2024, 51(01): 41-49. DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-8467.2024.01.006

GA	No.	Four-chamber view end-diastolic diameter（mm）					Four-chamber view end-diastolic length（mm）					Four-chamber view end-diastolic area（mm²）
GA	No.	P₅	P₁₀	P₅₀	P₉₀	P₉₅	P₅	P₁₀	P₅₀	P₉₀	P₉₅	P₅	P₁₀	P₅₀	P₉₀	P₉₅
28	22	25.86	26.62	28.85	31.53	32.20	29.27	31.50	34.38	39.22	40.11	630.29	675.12	773.58	972.05	993.26
29	31	26.81	27.72	31.12	34.24	35.46	31.20	32.31	36.15	40.80	42.57	685.69	749.59	863.14	1 067.65	1 095.77
30	24	27.12	28.00	32.54	34.12	34.60	32.87	33.74	37.89	40.96	41.17	723.59	801.37	993.26	1 060.64	1 086.01
31	92	29.68	30.44	33.07	36.17	37.31	34.08	35.01	38.72	43.68	47.36	790.75	847.18	1 014.83	1 218.44	1 303.44
32	64	29.80	31.71	34.79	39.16	39.87	35.33	36.10	40.78	44.78	45.90	866.10	946.80	1 106.85	1 333.04	1 358.86
33	37	30.85	31.76	35.53	39.17	39.86	35.67	37.41	41.92	47.04	47.77	871.93	938.55	1 138.50	1 377.74	1 438.20
34	34	31.67	32.09	35.88	40.17	42.27	36.66	37.14	42.83	47.11	48.31	961.50	998.06	1 160.21	1 470.97	1 550.49
35	31	31.31	32.27	37.76	41.42	44.17	38.91	39.69	44.44	48.42	50.43	1 004.13	1 011.26	1 319.13	1 580.06	1 639.28
36	28	31.47	34.40	37.83	42.15	43.67	36.13	38.83	44.46	51.17	53.92	905.90	1 146.72	1 285.80	1 602.04	1 799.91
37	41	34.95	35.13	38.63	42.92	43.23	40.11	41.64	45.82	51.96	52.80	1 110.84	1 183.64	1 383.56	1 674.59	1 845.01
38	26	35.14	36.41	39.84	45.25	46.18	42.42	43.51	46.45	50.82	52.93	1 239.92	1 276.77	1 481.96	1 729.45	1 872.09
39	23	34.29	36.71	40.61	46.14	49.16	39.94	42.01	47.63	53.49	54.59	1 172.73	1 249.94	1 519.16	1 960.85	2 068.85

Tab 1 Reference ranges for end-diastolic diameter, length and area of the four-chamber view

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Fig 1 Measurement of fetal cardiac size and morphology A: Measurement of four-chamber view end-diastolic size and sphericity index (SI); B: 24-segment diagram of the left ventricle (in end-diastole).
Fig 2 Scatterplots of four-chamber view size with gestational weeks in low-risk fetuses
Fig 3 Scatterplots of ventricular size with gestational weeks in low-risk fetuses
Tab 2 Reference ranges for end-diastolic diameter, length and area of the left ventricle
Tab 3 Reference ranges for end-diastolic diameter, length and area of the right ventricle
Tab 4 Reference ranges for 24-segment spherical index of the left and right ventricles
Tab 5 Left and right ventricular size in low-risk fetuses ($\bar x \pm s$)
Tab 6 Left and right ventricular 24-segmental sphericity index in low-risk fetuses ($\bar x \pm s$)
Tab 7 Interobserver and intraobserver reproducibility for fetal cardiac measurements using fetalHQ