Significance of a diastolic notch in the uterine artery flow velocity waveform induced by uterine embolisation in the pregnant ewe

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1118-1121

  Ochi, Hiroshi ^a   Matsubara, Keiichi ^a   Kusanagi, Yasuki ^a   Taniguchi, Humiaki ^a   Ito, Masaharu ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELFOAM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEEP; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; WAVEFORM;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEEP; UTERUS;

EID: 0031690064     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb09946.x     Document Type: Article

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