The effect of vascular constriction on umbilical venous pulsation

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 126-130

  Skulstad, S M ^a,b   Kiserud, T ^a   Rasmussen, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Circulation; Compliance; Doppler; Fetus; Hemodynamics; Pulsation; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; TIME; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL VEIN; VARIANCE; VEIN COMPLIANCE; VEIN DIAMETER; VENOCONSTRICTION;

CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 1242314765     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.971     Document Type: Article

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