Metabolic acidosis decreases fetal myocardial isovolumic velocities in a chronic sheep model of increased placental vascular resistance

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 294, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Acharya, Ganesh ^a,b   Räsänen, Juha ^c   Mäkikallio, Kaarin ^c   Erkinaro, Tiina ^c   Kavasmaa, Tomi ^c   Haapsamo, Mervi ^c   Mertens, Luc ^d   Huhta, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cardiac function; Fetal echocardiography; Tissue Doppler

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM RUPTURE; HYPOTENSION; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 38149016730     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00492.2007     Document Type: Article

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