Quantitative assessment of the degree of ductal steal using celiac artery blood flow to left ventricular output ratio in preterm infants

Neonatology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 206-212

  El Khuffash, Afif ^a   Higgins, Mary ^a   Walsh, Kevin ^b   Molloy, Eleanor J ^a  

^a NATIONAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Celiac artery blood flow; Left ventricular output; Patent ductus arteriosus; Preterm infant

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN;

AORTA; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CELIAC ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CELIAC ARTERY; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS, PATENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 41349090199     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000110869     Document Type: Article

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