Reference ranges for Doppler parameters of the fetal aortic isthmus during the second half of pregnancy

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-76

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasonography parameters; Fetal aortic isthmus; Pulsatility index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33746579028     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2827     Document Type: Article

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