Doppler assessment of fetal aortic isthmus blood flow in two different sonographic planes during the second half of gestation

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 170-174

  Del Rio M ^a,b   Martinez J M ^a   Figueras, F ^a   Bennasar, M ^a   Palacio, M ^a   Gomez O ^a   Coll, O ^a   Puerto, B ^a   Cararach, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aortic arch; Fetal aortic isthmus; Intraclass correlation coefficient; Reliability of results; Three vessels and trachea view

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ARCH; AORTA FLOW; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MONITORING; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; RELIABILITY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 27544459389     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1955     Document Type: Article

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