Fetal celiac and splenic artery flow velocity and pulsatility index: Longitudinal reference ranges and evidence for vasodilation at a low portocaval pressure gradient

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 663-672

  Ebbing, C ^a,b   Rasmussen, S ^a,b   Godfrey, K M ^c   Hanson, M A ^c   Kiserud, T ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Celiac artery; Circulation; Doppler; Fetus; Hemodynamics; Portocaval pressure; Reference ranges; Splenic artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FEMALE; FETAL CELIAC ARTERY FLOW VELOCITY; FETAL SPLENIC ARTERY FLOW VELOCITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LIVER PERFUSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NORMAL HUMAN; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PORTOCAVAL PRESSURE GRADIENT; PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; PREGNANCY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILITY INDEX; PULSE WAVE; SYSTOLE; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL VEIN;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CELIAC ARTERY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LIVER; OBSERVER VARIATION; PORTAL VEIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW; REFERENCE VALUES; SPLENIC ARTERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VASODILATION;

EID: 55549139822     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.6145     Document Type: Article

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