Time domain measurement of blood flow in the human fetal aorta during normal pregnancy

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 257-261

  Thompson, O ^a   Gunnarson, G ^b   Vines, K ^c   Fayyad, A ^b   Wathen, N ^b   Harrington, K ^b,d  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood volume flow; Color velocity imaging; Fetal aorta

Indexed keywords

AORTA FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA; ULTRASOUND;

AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 1642386742     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.998     Document Type: Article

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