Ductus venosus revisited: A Doppler blood flow evaluation in the first trimester of pregnancy

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 171-176

  Montenegro, Nuno ^a   Matias, Alexandra ^a   Areias, José Carlos ^a   Barros, Henrique ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ductus venosus; Early pregnancy; Flow velocity waveforms; Transvaginal Doppler ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DOPPLER EFFECT; FETAL MONITORING; FLOW INTERACTIONS; HEMODYNAMICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

BLOOD VELOCITY WAVEFORM; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FETAL HEART RATE (FHR); FETAL VENOUS RETURN;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL VEINS; VEINS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0030909824     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(96)00202-5     Document Type: Article

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