Coronary arteries in fetal life: Physiology, malformations and the "heart-sparing effect"

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics, Supplement

Volumn 93, Issue 446, 2004, Pages 6-12

  Chaoui, Rabih ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary flow reserve; Fetal coronary arteries; Fetal hypoxia; Heart sparing effect; Ventriculo coronary communications

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART PERFUSION; HEART SPARING EFFECT; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; HYPOXIA; LUNG ATRESIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; VENTRICULOCORONARY COMMUNICATION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; CORONARY VESSELS; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 10844264547     PISSN: 08035326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035320410022767     Document Type: Conference Paper

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