Middle cerebral artery peak systolic and ductus venosus velocity waveforms in the hydropic fetus

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 209-213

  Cosmi, Erich ^a,c   Dessole, Salvatore ^b   Uras, Luisa ^b   Capobianco, Giampiero ^b   D'Antona, Donato ^a   Andrisani, Alessandra ^a   Litta, Pietro ^a   Ambrosini, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doppler sonography; Ductus venosus; Fetal anemia; Fetus; Hydrops; Middle cerebral artery; Nonimmune fetal hydrops; Peak systolic velocity

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER EFFECT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETAL MONITORING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

DUCTUS VENOSUS (DV); MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY (MCA); PEAK SYSTOLIC VELOCITY (PSV); SONOGRAPHIC EXAMINATIONS;

DISEASES;

ANEMIA; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORDOCENTESIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS HYDROPS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MATERNAL SERUM; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; SEROLOGY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; WAVEFORM;

EID: 12744279735     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2005.24.2.209     Document Type: Article

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