Do heart rate and velocity variability derived from umbilical artery velocity waveforms change prior to clinical pregnancy-induced hypertension?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 244-249

  Ursem, N T C ^a   Clark, E B ^b   Keller, B B ^c   Hop, W C J ^d   Wladimiroff, J W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular homeostasis; Doppler ultrasound; Early pregnancy; Fetal heart rate; Pregnancy induced hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 0032732564     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1999.14040244.x     Document Type: Article

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