Pressure pulses and flow velocities in central veins of the anesthetized sheep fetus

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 284, Issue 4 53-4, 2003, Pages

  Schröder, Hobe J ^a   Tchirikov, Mikhail ^a   Rybakowski, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ductus venosus; Fetal sheep; Flow velocity; Pressure wave

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VEIN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEART; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; JUGULAR VEIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SHEEP; UMBILICAL VEIN; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 0037377553     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00969.2002     Document Type: Article

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