Fetal cardiac output and its distribution to the placenta at 11-20 weeks of gestation

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 265-271

  Vimpeli, T ^a   Huhtala, H ^b   Wilsgaard, T ^c   Acharya, G ^c  

^a Central Maternity Unit   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Cardiac output; Doppler; Fetal heart; Placenta

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; FETUS HEART OUTPUT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; REFERENCE VALUE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UMBILICAL VEIN; ALGORITHM; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIAC OUTPUT; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY ARTERY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL VEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61849170186     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.6247     Document Type: Article

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