Subendometrial arterial spectral Doppler assessment during IVF cycles and its correlation with treatment outcome

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 157-162

  Gorokhovsky, Roman ^a   Tal, Joseph ^a   Leibovitz, Zvi ^a   Degani, Simon ^a   Shapiro, Israel ^a   Calderon, Ilan ^a   Paltiely, Yoav ^a   Ohel, Gonen ^a  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Doppler; Endometrial receptivity; IVF; Subendometrial flow

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; DOPPLER EFFECT; PATIENT TREATMENT; ULTRASONICS;

ENDOMETRIAL RECEPTIVITY; OVUM PICKUP DAY; PREGNANCY CYCLES; SUBENDOMETRIAL FLOW;

BLOOD;

ADULT; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; NIDATION; OOCYTE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SYSTOLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY;

ADULT; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UTERUS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 32044473311     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2005.09.012     Document Type: Article

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