The effect of isosorbide dinitrate on placental blood flow and maternal blood pressure in women with pregnancy induced hypertension

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 12, Issue 4 I, 1999, Pages 341-347

  Thaler, Israel ^a   Amit, Amnon ^a   Kamil, Daniel ^a   Itskovitz Eldor, Joseph ^a,b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diastolic notch; Flow velocity waveforms; Nitric oxide donors; Umbilical artery; Uterine artery

Indexed keywords

ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MATERNAL BLOOD; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUBLINGUAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0032924396     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00249-0     Document Type: Article

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