Doppler assessment of the aortic isthmus and perinatal outcome in preterm fetuses with severe intrauterine growth restriction

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-47

  Del Rio M ^a   Martinez J M ^a   Figueras, F ^a   Bennasar, M ^a   Olivella, A ^a   Palacio, M ^a   Coll, O ^a   Puerto, B ^a   Gratacos E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasonography; Fetal aortic isthmus; Intrauterine growth restriction; Placental insufficiency

Indexed keywords

AORTA; AORTA FLOW; AORTA ISTHMUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; STILLBIRTH; SYSTOLE; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 38949158710     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5237     Document Type: Article

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