Autoregulation of cerebral blood flow in fetuses with congenital heart disease: The brain sparing effect

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 436-443

  Donofrio, M T ^a   Bremer, Y A ^a   Schieken, R M ^a   Gennings, C ^a   Morton, L D ^a   Eidem, B W ^b   Cetta, F ^b   Falkensammer, C B ^c   Huhta, J C ^c   Kleinman, C S ^d  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Tampa Children's Hospital   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular circulation; Congenital heart defects; Fetal circulation; Fetal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN PERFUSION; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; HYPOTHESIS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0042522716     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-002-0404-0     Document Type: Article

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