Doppler sonography of the fetal venous circulation

Ultrasound Review of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-143

  Hofstaetter, Cornelia ^a,b   Schiermeier, Sven ^a,b   Arabin, Birgit ^a,b  

^a Clara Angela Foundation   (Germany)

^b ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardiac afterload; Cardiac function; Cardiac preload; Fetal outcome; Hypervolemia; Placental insufficiency; Randomized studies; Venous Doppler sonography

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CENTRAL VEIN; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS HYDROPS; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART PRELOAD; HEART RHYTHM; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; UMBILICAL VEIN; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

EID: 25444494405     PISSN: 14722240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14722240500190467     Document Type: Article

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