Fetal pulmonary venous flow into the left atrium relative to diastolic and systolic cardiac time intervals

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 191-195

  Brezinka, C ^a   Laudy, J A M ^a   Ursem, N T C ^a   Hop, W C J ^a   Wladimiroff, J W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac time intervals; Fetus; Left atrium; Pulmonary venous flow

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DEVICE; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLE; SYSTOLIC TIME INTERVAL; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; WAVEFORM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CARDIAC VOLUME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY VEINS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032918237     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1999.13030191.x     Document Type: Article

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