Ductus venosus blood flow alterations in fetuses with obstructive lesions of the right heart

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-142

  Berg, C ^a   Kremer, C ^a   Geipel, A ^a   Kohl, T ^a   Germer, U ^b   Gembruch, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac defects; Ductus venosus; Ebstein's anomaly; Fetus; Prenatal diagnosis; Pulmonary atresia; Right heart; Tricuspid atresia; Venous Doppler

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; LUNG ATRESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33747627644     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2810     Document Type: Article

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