A cardiovascular profile score in the surveillance of fetal hydrops

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 407-413

  Hofstaetter, Cornelia ^a   Hansmann, Manfred ^b   Eik Nes, Sturla H ^c   Huhta, James C ^a   Luther, Stephen L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial and venous Doppler sonography; Cardiovascular profile score; Doppler echocardiography; Fetal congestive heart failure; Hydrops fetalis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FETUS; FETUS HYDROPS; FETUS OUTCOME; HEART FUNCTION; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN EDEMA; SURVIVAL RATE; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL VEIN;

CARDIOMEGALY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 33747682964     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050600682446     Document Type: Article

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