Clinical significance of normalization of uterine artery pulsatility index with maternal heart rate for the evaluation of uterine circulation in pregnancy-induced hypertension

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 459-463

  Ochi, H ^a   Kusanagi, Y ^a   Katayama, T ^a   Matsubara, K ^a   Ito, M ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Doppler; Heart rate; Pregnancy induced hypertension; Pulsatility index; Uterine artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HEART RATE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; ARTERIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULSATILE FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERUS;

EID: 0037852915     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.108     Document Type: Article

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