Doppler study of the embryonic heart in normal pregnant women

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 533-539

  Wloch A ^a   Rozmus Warcholinska, W ^a   Czuba, B ^a   Borowski, D ^b   Wloch S ^a   Cnota, W ^a   Sodowski, K ^a   Szaflik, K ^b   Huhta, J C ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b POLISH MOTHER S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Embryo; First trimester; Hemodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HEART RATE; HEART SIZE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 34547679935     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050701434747     Document Type: Article

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