Search for hemodynamic compromise at 11-14 weeks in monochorionic twin pregnancy: Is abnormal flow in the ductus venosus predictive of twin-twin transfusion syndrome?

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 79-86

  Matias, Alexandra ^a   Ramalho, Carla ^a   Montenegro, Nuno ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ductus venosus flow; Monochorionic twins; Nuchal translucency; Twin twin transfusion syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DUCTUS VENOSUS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETOSCOPY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THICKNESS; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; NECK; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PULSATILE FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 27344447093     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050500232565     Document Type: Article

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