Maternal cardiac function in early pregnancies with high uterine artery resistance

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-64

  Prefumo, F ^a,b   Sharma, R ^b   Brecker, S J D ^b   Gaze, D C ^b   Collinson, P O ^b   Thilaganathan, B ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diastolic function; Early pregnancy; Left ventricular filling pressure; Long axis function; Uterine artery resistance

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; PARAMETERS OF MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE ARTERY;

ADULT; ARTERIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; UTERUS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 33846423478     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.3878     Document Type: Article

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