Arterial and ductus venosus Doppler in fetuses with absent or reverse end-diastolic flow in the umbilical artery: Longitudinal analysis

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 163-169

  Müller, Thomas ^a   Nanan, Ralph ^a   Rehn, Monika ^a   Kristen, Peter ^a   Dietl, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Doppler; Ductus venosus; Fetal monitoring; Middle cerebral artery; Prenatal; Umbilical artery

Indexed keywords

ABSENT OR REVERSE END DIASTOLIC FLOW VELOCITY; ACIDEMIA; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DELIVERY; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS OUTCOME; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0344519769     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069371     Document Type: Article

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