By Professor Alec William Welsh

Journal articles

Welsh AW; Maheshwari P; Wang J; Henry A; Chang D; Crispi F; Gardiner HM; Hernandez-Andrade E; Meriki N; Redmond S; Yagel S, 2016, 'Evaluation of an automated fetal myocardial performance index', Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 48, pp. 496 - 503, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.15770

Tynan D; Alphonse J; Henry A; Welsh AW, 2016, 'The Aortic Isthmus: A Significant yet Underexplored Watershed of the Fetal Circulation', Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy, 40, pp. 81 - 93, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000446942

Wilson I; Henry A; Hinch E; Meriki N; Challis D; Smoleniec J; Welsh AW, 2016, 'Audit of immediate outcomes for MCDA twins following laser therapy for twin-twin transfusion syndrome at the NSW Fetal Therapy Centre', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 56, pp. 289 - 294, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajo.12464

Irwin K; Henry A; Gopikrishna S; Taylor J; Welsh AW, 2016, 'Utility of fetal MRI for workup of fetal central nervous system anomalies in an Australian maternal-fetal medicine cohort', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 56, pp. 267 - 273, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajo.12440

Roome S; Hartz D; Tracy S; Welsh AW, 2016, 'Erratum: Why such differing stances? A review of position statements on home birth from professional colleges (BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (2016) 123 (376-382))', BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 123, pp. 1037, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.14033

Hinch E; Henry A; Wilson I; Welsh AW, 2016, 'Outcomes of Stage I TTTS or liquor discordant twins: a single-centre review', Prenatal Diagnosis

Schindler T; Gilbert Y; Wu L; Oei JL; Welsh A, 2016, 'Spatiotemporal image correlation and volumetric impedance indices in the neonatal brain : Proof of concept and preliminary reproducibility', Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 35, pp. 505 - 510, http://dx.doi.org/10.7863/ultra.15.05022

Lucewicz A; Fisher K; Henry A; Welsh AW, 2016, 'Review of the correlation between blood flow velocity and polycythemia in the fetus, neonate and adult: Appropriate diagnostic levels need to be determined for twin anemia-polycythemia sequence', Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 47, pp. 152 - 157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.14782

Roome S; Hartz D; Tracy S; Welsh AW, 2016, 'Why such differing stances? A review of position statements on home birth from professional colleges', BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 123, pp. 376 - 382, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.13594

Avnet H; Wang J; Gardiner H; Hernandez‐Andrade EA; Crispi F; Redmond S; Welsh AW, 2016, 'OP06.06: Evaluation of tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) for measurement of the right fetal myocardial performance index (MPI): an international online study', Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 48, pp. 69 - 69, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.16209

Avnet H; Yagel S; Cohen SM; Alphonse J; Beirne G; Welsh AW, 2016, 'OP06.07: Evaluation of fetal tricuspid and mitral annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE and MAPSE) using spatiotemporal image correlation (STIC) M‐mode', Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 48, pp. 69 - 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.16210

Mack LM; Sanz Cortes M; Shetty AN; Yepez M; Zarutskie A; Gandhi R; Park N; Welsh AW; Stevenson G; Lee W, 2016, 'OP10.03: Doppler ultrasound correlates with MR quantification of placental perfusion in small fetuses exposed to acute maternal hyperoxygenation', Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 48, pp. 81 - 82, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.16252

Welsh AW; Bednov A; Mack LM; Yallampalli C; Stevenson G; Sanz Cortes M; Lee W; Belfort MA; Espinoza J, 2016, 'P22.10: 3D fractional moving blood volume to evaluate drug effects in the ex‐vivo perfused cotyledon', Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 48, pp. 240 - 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.16717

Fisher KE; Welsh AW; Wilson I; Henry A, 2016, 'Uncommon complications of monochorionic twin pregnancies: Twin anaemia-polycythaemia sequence.', Australas J Ultrasound Med, 19, pp. 56 - 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajum.12013

Miyague AH; Pavan TZ; Soares CA; De Catte L; Nastri CO; Welsh AW; Martins WP, 2015, 'Importance of pulse repetition frequency adjustment for 3- and 4-dimensional power Doppler quantification', Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 34, pp. 2245 - 2251, http://dx.doi.org/10.7863/ultra.15.01021

Welsh AW; Henry A; Meriki N; Mahajan A; Wu L; Alphonse J, 2015, 'Is There a Measurable Difference between the Left and Right Modified Myocardial Performance Indices, and Does This Change to Reflect Unilateral Myocardial Dysfunction in Pathology?', Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy, 38, pp. 288 - 295, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000381709

Henry A; Welsh AW, 2015, 'Monitoring intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy using the fetal myocardial performance index: A cohort study', Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 46, pp. 571 - 578, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.14769

Henry A; Lees N; Bein KJ; Hall B; Lim V; Chen KQ; Welsh AW; Hui L; Shand AW, 2015, 'Pregnancy outcomes before and after institution of a specialised twins clinic: A retrospective cohort study', BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 15, pp. 217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-015-0654-5

Mahajan A; Henry A; Meriki N; Hernandez-Andrade E; Crispi F; Wu L; Welsh AW, 2015, 'The (Pulsed-Wave) doppler fetal myocardial performance index: Technical challenges, clinical applications and future research', Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy, 38, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000363181

Welsh A; Henry A, 2015, 'Reproducibility of Doppler evaluation: Need to include physiological variation in determination of achievable ICCs', Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 46, pp. 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.14729

Schindler T; Oei J; Welsh A, 2015, 'Spatio-temporal imaging correlation to measure tissue impedance in the neonatal brain', Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 100, pp. F348 - F349, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2014-307522

Tang R; Tang IC; Henry A; Welsh A, 2015, 'Limited evidence for calcium supplementation in preeclampsia prevention: A meta-analysis and systematic review', Hypertension in Pregnancy, 34, pp. 181 - 203, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10641955.2014.988353

Katz SG; Somerville KP; Welsh A, 2015, 'Maternal pulmonary oedema during foetoscopic surgery', Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 43, pp. 249 - 251, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0310057x1504300217

Stevenson GN; Collins SL; Welsh AW; Impey LW; Noble JA, 2015, 'A technique for the estimation of fractional moving blood volume by using three-dimensional power doppler US', Radiology, 274, pp. 230 - 237, http://dx.doi.org/10.1148/radiol.14132363

Roome S; Hartz D; Tracy S; Welsh A, 2015, 'Why such differing stances? A review of position statements on home birth from professional colleges', BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.13594

Avnet H; Yagel S; Cohen SM; Beirne G; Welsh AW, 2015, 'OP02.03: Evaluating fetal tricuspid and mitral annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE and MAPSE) using spatiotemporal image correlation (STIC) M‐mode', Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 46, pp. 57 - 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.15116

Meriki N; Welsh AW, 2015, 'P06.02: Is there a difference in the fetal right myocardial performance index (RMPI) measured from single and dual Doppler images?', Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 46, pp. 139 - 139, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.15364

Maheshwari P; Henry A; Welsh AW, 2015, 'The Fetal Modified Myocardial Performance Index: is automation the future?', Biomed Research International, 2015, pp. 215910, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/215910

Meriki N; Henry A; Sanderson J; Majajan A; Wu L; Welsh AW, 2014, 'Development of normal gestational ranges for the right myocardial performance index in the Australian population with three alternative caliper placements', Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy, 36, pp. 272 - 281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000362388

McIntosh J; Meriki N; Joshi A; Biggs V; Welsh AW; Challis D; Lui K, 2014, 'Long term developmental outcomes of pre-school age children following laser surgery for twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome', Early Human Development, 90, pp. 837 - 842, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2014.08.006

Laws PJ; Xu F; Welsh A; Tracy SK; Sullivan EA, 2014, 'Maternal morbidity of women receiving birth center care in New South Wales: a matched-pair analysis using linked health data', Birth (Berkeley, Calif.), 41, pp. 268 - 275, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/birt.12114

Tetstall E; Shand AW; Welsh AW; Chen KQ; Henry A, 2014, 'Complicated multiple pregnancy referral, treatment and outcomes at the NSW Fetal Therapy Centre', Australasian Journal of Ultrasound Medicine, 17, pp. 120 - 124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.2205-0140.2014.tb00027.x

Welsh A, 2014, 'The development of, and future for, fetal functional cardiac imaging techniques', Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 17, pp. 57 - 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.2205-0140.2014.tb00107.x

Nesbitt-Hawes EM; Tetstall E; Gee K; Welsh A, 2014, 'Ultrasound (in)accuracy: it’s in the formulae not in the technique – assessment of accuracy of abdominal circumference measurement in term pregnancies', Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 17, pp. 38 - 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.2205-0140.2014.tb00083.x

Tracy SK; Welsh A; Hall B; Hartz D; Lainchbury A; Bisits A; White J; Tracy MB, 2014, 'Caseload midwifery compared to standard or private obstetric care for first time mothers in a public teaching hospital in Australia: A cross sectional study of cost and birth outcomes', BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 14, pp. 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-14-46

Borbolla Foster A; Bagust A; Bisits A; Holland M; Welsh A, 2014, 'Lessons to be learnt in managing the breech presentation at term: An 11-year single-centre retrospective study', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 54, pp. 333 - 339, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajo.12208

Sanderson J; Wu L; Mahajan A; Meriki N; Henry A; Welsh AW, 2014, 'Selection of the Sub-noise Gain Level for Acquisition of VOCAL Data Sets: A Reliability Study', Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 40, pp. 562 - 567, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2013.09.004

Miyague AH; Pavan TZ; Soares CA; De Catte L; Nastri CO; Welsh AW; Martins WP, 2014, 'OP23.05: Influence of pulse repetition frequency adjustment on three‐dimensional power Doppler indices and STIC volumetric pulsatility index using an in vivo model', Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 44, pp. 136 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.13861

Jesudason S; Randhawa N; Sana M; Jiwane A; Oei J; Welsh AW, 2014, 'OP32.02: Influence of prenatal diagnosis and place of birth on outcome for congenital diaphragmatic hernia in New South Wales', Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 44, pp. 165 - 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.13948

Glenn L; Randhawa N; Sana M; Jiwane A; Oei J; Welsh AW, 2014, 'OP32.07: Outcomes of congenital surgical anomalies: a population‐based study on influence of prenatal diagnosis and place of birth in New South Wales', Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 44, pp. 167 - 167, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.13953

Tracy SK; Hartz DL; Tracy MB; Allen J; Forti A; Hall B; White J; Lainchbury A; Stapleton H; Beckmann M; Bisits A; Homer C; Foureur M; Welsh A; Kildea S, 2014, 'Caseload Midwifery Care Versus Standard Maternity Care for Women of Any Risk', Obstetric Anesthesia Digest, 34, pp. 234 - 235, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.aoa.0000455609.77145.5d

Martins WP; Lima JC; Welsh AW; Araujo E; Miyague AH; Filho FM; Raine-Fenning NJ, 2013, 'Erratum: Three-dimensional Doppler evaluation of single spherical samples from the placenta: intra- and interobserver reliability (Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (2012) 40 (200-206) DOI: 10.1002/uog.11076)', Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 42, pp. 728, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.13233

Welsh A, 2013, 'Re: Assessing repeatability of 3D Doppler indices obtained by static 3D and STIC power Doppler: A combined in-vivo / in-vitro flow phantom study', Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 42, pp. 608, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.12573

Henry A; Shand A; Welsh A, 2013, 'The short term fetal cardiovascular effects of corticosteroids used in obstetrics', Australasian Journal of Ultrasound Medicine, 16, pp. 135 - 141, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.2205-0140.2013.tb00101.x

Welsh AW; Collins SL; Stevenson GN; Gill R, 2013, 'Inapplicability of FMBV to VOCAL indices and the amplitude origin of power Doppler', Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 41, pp. 473 - 474, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.12441

AW W; Welsh A, 2013, 'Randomised controlled trials and clinical maternity care: Moving on from intention-to-treat and other simplistic analyses of efficacy', BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 13, pp. 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-13-15

Tracy SK; Hartz DL; Tracy MB; Allen J; Forti A; Hall B; White J; Lainchbury A; Stapleton H; Beckmann M; Bisits A; Homer C; Foureur M; Welsh A; Kildea S, 2013, 'Caseload midwifery care versus standard maternity care for women of any risk: M@NGO, a randomised controlled trial', The Lancet, 382, pp. 1723 - 1732, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61406-3

Martins WP; Welsh AW; Falkensammer P; Raine-Fenning NJ, 2013, 'Re: Spatio-Temporal Imaging Correlation (STIC): Technical Notes About STIC Triggering and Choosing Between Power Doppler or High-Definition Color Flow', Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 39, pp. 549 - 550, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.04.010

Wu L; Mahajan A; Sanderson J; Welsh AW, 2013, 'P08.02: Novel STIC‐derived indices of tissue impedance within the placenta: influence of regional variability and maternal pulsatility', Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 42, pp. 140 - 140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.13011

Henry A; Madan A; Reid R; Tracy SK; Austin K; Welsh AW; Challis D, 2013, 'Outpatient Foley catheter versus inpatient prostaglandin E2 gel for induction of labour: A randomised trial', BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 13, pp. 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-13-25

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