Fetal coronary and cerebral blood flow in acute fetomaternal hemorrhage

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 128-131

  Baschat, A A ^a,b   Harman, C R ^a   Alger, L S ^a   Weiner, C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Coronary blood flow; Doppler sonography; Fetomaternal hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SEIZURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0031661281     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1998.12020128.x     Document Type: Article

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