Changes in regional fetal cerebral blood flow perfusion in relation to hemodynamic deterioration in severely growth-restricted fetuses

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-76

  Hernandez Andrade, E ^a,b,e   Figueroa Diesel, H ^c   Jansson, T ^d   Rangel Nava, H ^c   Gratacos, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood perfusion; Fetal brain; Fetal hypoxia; Fractional moving blood volume; Intrauterine growth restriction; Power Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CALCULATION; CEREBELLUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FEMALE; FETUS; FRONTAL LOBE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ATRIUM; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54849405348     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5377     Document Type: Article

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