PR interval: A comparison of electrical and mechanical methods in the fetus

Early Human Development

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 231-237

  Pasquini, Lucia ^a   Seale, Anna N ^b   Belmar, Cristian ^a   Oseku Afful, Salome ^a   Thomas, Matthew J ^c   Taylor, Myles J O ^a   Roughton, Michael ^d   Gardiner, Helena M ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetal echocardiography; Fetus; Non invasive fetal ECG; PR interval

Indexed keywords

A WAVE; ADULT; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITRAL VALVE; PR INTERVAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33947308754     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2006.05.020     Document Type: Article

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