Assessment of fetal compromise by Doppler ultrasound investigation of the fetal circulation arterial, intracardiac, and venous blood flow velocity studies

Circulation

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 129-138

  Hecher, Kurt ^a   Campbell, Stuart ^b   Doyle, Pat ^b   Harrington, Kevin ^b   Nicolaides, Kypros ^b  

^a ASKLEPIOS HOSPITAL BARMBEK   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blood flow; Circulation; Ultrasonics; Veins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS HYPOXIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; EMBRYO AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL HEART; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VEINS;

EID: 0028850823     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.91.1.129     Document Type: Article

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