Doppler echocardiographic studies of diastolic cardiac function in the human fetal heart

Kurume Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-64

  Miyake, Takumi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diastolic cardiac function; Doppler; Fetus; Neonate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS;

DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS;

EID: 0035223124     PISSN: 00235679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.48.59     Document Type: Article

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