Doppler echocardiographic assessment of fetal blood flow redistribution during maternal hyperoxygenation

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 256-261

  Almstrom H ^a   Sonesson, S E ^b,c  

^a Danderyds Hospital

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c ST GÖRAN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Doppler; Fetal; Hemodynamics; Human; Oxygen

Indexed keywords

AORTA; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN ARTERY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPEROXIA; METHODOLOGY; MITRAL VALVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REFERENCE VALUE; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VASCULARIZATION;

AORTA; AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPEROXIA; MITRAL VALVE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 0030256110     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1996.08040256.x     Document Type: Article

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