Antenatal prediction of pulmonary hypoplasia by acceleration time/ejection time ratio of fetal pulmonary arteries by Doppler blood flow velocimetry

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 228-233

  Fuke, Shinji ^a   Kanzaki, Toru ^b   Mu, Junwu ^b   Wasada, Kenshi ^b   Takemura, Masahiko ^b   Mitsuda, Nobuaki ^b   Murata, Yuji ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acceleration time; Acceleration time ejection time ratio; Doppler blood flow velocimetry; Ejection time; Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn infant; Pulmonary artery; Pulmonary hypoplasia

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; CYSTIC ADENOMATOID MALFORMATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS LUNG; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION TIME; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0037249372     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2003.69     Document Type: Article

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