A combined technique for predicting pre-eclampsia: Concurrent measurement of uterine perfusion and analysis of heart rate and blood pressure variability

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 747-750

  Walther, Thomas ^a,b   Wessel, Niels ^c   Malberg, Hagen ^d   Voss, Andreas ^e   Stepan, Holger ^f   Faber, Renaldo ^f,g  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES JENA   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood pressure variability; Doppler sonography; Heart rate variability; Pre eclampsia; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 33645522496     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000217858.27864.50     Document Type: Article

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