Is it time to add aortic isthmus evaluation to the repertoire of Doppler investigations for placental insufficiency?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-9

  Makikallio K ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART OUTPUT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALNUTRITION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NOTE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETUS; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 38949201971     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5239     Document Type: Note

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