Disorders of the Fetal Circulation and the Fetal Brain

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 561-577

  Limperopoulos, Catherine ^a,b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain; Circulation; Congenital heart disease; Fetal; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; BRAIN VASCULAR RESISTANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PSYCHOPATHY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VASCULAR DISEASE;

BRAIN INJURIES; CARDIOVASCULAR ABNORMALITIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 69349085840     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2009.07.005     Document Type: Review

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