Echocardiographic assessment of blood flow volume in the superior vena cava and descending aorta in the newborn infant

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Groves, Alan ^a   Kuschel, C A ^b   Knight, D B ^b   Skinner, J R ^c  

^a QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DESCENDING AORTA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN;

AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; NEW ZEALAND; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 38049129192     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.109512     Document Type: Article

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