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Original Article

Cardiac function evaluated by two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging in fetuses with congenital heart disease of ventricular afterload increase

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Article: 2214663 | Received 28 Apr 2020, Accepted 11 May 2023, Published online: 22 May 2023

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