Reference values of ductus venosus blood flow velocities and waveform indices from 10 to 20 weeks of gestation

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 269, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 199-204

  Axt Fliedner, R ^a   Diler, S ^a   Georg, T ^b   Friedrich, M ^a   Diedrich, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Doppler; Ductus venosus; Reference range

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIASTOLE; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HYPOXIA; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; REFERENCE VALUE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SYSTOLE; WAVEFORM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PULSATILE FLOW; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 1642322728     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-003-0484-y     Document Type: Article

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