Nature

The role of the placenta in thyroid hormone delivery to the fetus

The transplacental passage of thyroid hormones from the maternal circulation to the fetal circulation within the human hemochorial placenta is important for normal fetal development, particularly the ...
Case Western Reserve University

Persistent Fetal Circulation

Persistent Fetal Circulation. Rostal-caudal MRA projection. A number of individuals have a normal anatomic variant known as a persistent fetal circulation, where the posterior cerebral artery (PCA) ...
Nature

Cardiac manifestations of neonatal lupus erythematosus: guidelines to management, integrating clues from the bench and bedside

One of the strongest clinical associations with autoantibodies against components of the SSA/Ro–SSB/La ribonucleoprotein complex is the development of congenital heart block in an offspring, an ...
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Abstract 4369183: Artificial Intelligence in Non-Invasive Fetal ECG: A Systematic Review of Extraction and Analysis Techniques

Background: Abdominal fetal electrocardiography (fECG) is an emerging noninvasive tool for fetal monitoring. A key challenge is separating the weak fetal signal from overlapping maternal ECG and ...
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Abstract 4343730: Reference value range and clinical significance of fetal heart key parameters in early pregnancy

Objective: To evaluate the value of combined fetal heart V-angle (VSA), cardiothoracic ratio (CTR), whole heart spherical index (GSI) and axis of the heart (CAx) in predicting congenital heart disease ...
The Lancet

In utero exposures to perfluoroalkyl substances and the human fetal liver metabolome in Scotland: a cross-sectional study

aSchool of Science and Technology, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden bSchool of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden cThe Institute of Medical Sciences, ...