Circulatory effects of acute bradycardia in the human fetus as studied by Doppler ultrasound

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 424-427

  Gembruch, U ^a,c   Baschat, A A ^b  

^a Centre of Internal Medicine I   (Germany)

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

^c Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bradycardia; Coronary blood flow; Doppler ultrasound; Fetal blood sampling; Fetal heart; Fetus; Hypoxia; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; KARYOTYPE; MONOSOMY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH; ULTRASOUND; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD;

ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; BRADYCARDIA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 0034542544     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.2000.00109.x     Document Type: Article

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