Hemodynamic analysis of Hyrtl anastomosis in human placenta

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Gordon, Zoya ^a   Eytan, Osnat ^b   Jaffa, Ariel J ^a,b   Elad, David ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biofluid simulations; Discordant blood flow; Fetal blood circulation; Umbilical artery

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; FETUS BLOOD; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYRTL ANASTOMOSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 33846787004     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00410.2006     Document Type: Article

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