Evaluation of cardiac function of the fetus by inferior vena cava diameter pulse waveform

American Heart Journal

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 789-794

  Mori, Akira ^a   Uchida, Noa ^a   Ishiguro, Yoko ^a   Atsuko, Togo ^a   Kanako, Mitsuzuka ^a   Mikio, Mikami ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; HEART DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BLOOD CIRCULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL HEART; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; PULSATILE FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 34548809790     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.06.015     Document Type: Article

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