Reference values of fetal ductus venosus, inferior vena cava and hepatic vein blood flow velocities and waveform indices during the second and third trimester of pregnancy

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 270, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 46-55

  Axt Fliedner, R ^a   Wiegank, U ^a   Fetsch, C ^a   Friedrich, M ^a   Krapp, M ^a   Georg, T ^b   Diedrich, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Doppler; Fetus; Reference values; Venous blood flow

Indexed keywords

A WAVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CALCULATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; D WAVE; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTENSITY WEIGHTED MEAN FLOW VELOCITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PEAK VELOCITY INDEX; POSITIVE FLOW; PULSATILITY INDEX; REFERENCE VALUE; REVERSE FLOW; RIGHT HEPATIC VEIN; S WAVE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; WAVEFORM; ZERO FLOW;

EID: 3142769355     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-003-0586-6     Document Type: Article

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