Relationship between placental blood flow resistance and precordial venous Doppler indices

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 561-566

  Baschat, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous ratio; Human fetus; Umbilical artery Doppler; Venous Doppler

Indexed keywords

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LIVER; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0013001828     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.902     Document Type: Article

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