Fetal aortic isthmus blood flow and the fraction of cardiac output distributed to the upper body and brain at 11-20 weeks of gestation

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 538-544

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

^a Central Maternity Unit   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aortic isthmus; Cardiac output; Fetal brain circulation; Volume flow

Indexed keywords

AORTA ISTHMUS; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DESCENDING AORTA; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE; SYSTOLE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 66249108928     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.6354     Document Type: Article

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