Jugular vein and carotid artery blood flow in fetuses with increased nuchal translucency at 10-14 weeks' gestation

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 464-469

  Martinez J M ^a,c   Echevarria M ^b   Gomez O ^a   Del Rio M ^a   Borrell, A ^a   Puerto, B ^a   Fortuny, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carotid artery blood flow; Ductus venosus; First trimester; Jugular vein blood flow; Nuchal translucency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN PERFUSION; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS KARYOTYPING; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; JUGULAR VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRISOMY 18; TRISOMY 21; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; KARYOTYPING; MATERNAL AGE; NECK; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 17144458948     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.898     Document Type: Article

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