Doppler changes in the main fetal brain arteries at different stages of hemodynamic adaptation in severe intrauterine growth restriction

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 297-302

  Figueroa Diesel, H ^a   Hernandez Andrade, E ^a,c   Acosta Rojas, R ^a   Cabero, L ^a   Gratacos, E ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Doppler; Fetal brain arteries; Intrauterine growth restriction; Redistribution

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FETUS; FLOW RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 34748842059     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.4084     Document Type: Article

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