Superior vena cava flow in newborn infants: A novel marker of systemic blood flow

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2000, Pages

  Evans, Nick ^a   Kluckow, Martin ^b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Preterm infants; Reproducibility; Superior vena cava; Systemic blood flow

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 0013642905     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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