Technical aspects of aortic isthmus Doppler velocimetry in human fetuses

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 628-633

  Acharya, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA STENOSIS; DESCENDING AORTA; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; HYPOXEMIA; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY;

AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; FETUS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 66449125581     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.6406     Document Type: Note

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