Use of the 3-vessel view to record Doppler velocity waveforms from the aortic isthmus in normally grown and growth-restricted fetuses: Comparison with the long aortic arch view

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1617-1622

  Rizzo, Giuseppe ^a   Capponi, Alessandra ^b   Vendola, Marianne ^a   Pietrolucci, Maria Elena ^a   Arduini, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b GB Grassi Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

3 vessel view; Doppler sonography; Fetal aortic isthmus; Intrauterine growth restriction

Indexed keywords

ARCHES; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; VELOCITY;

3-VESSEL VIEW; CLINICAL APPLICATION; DEGREE OF RELIABILITY; DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY; FETAL AORTIC ISTHMUS; INTRACLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RESTRICTION; TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES;

BLOOD VESSELS;

AORTA ARCH; AORTA FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINUM; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY;

EID: 55749097395     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.11.1617     Document Type: Article

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