Fetal Doppler mechanical PR interval: Correlation with fetal heart rate, gestational age and fetal sex

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 538-542

  Wojakowski, A ^a   Izbizky, G ^a   Carcano, M E ^a   Aiello, H ^a   Marantz, P ^a   Otano L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Congenital heart block; Doppler; Echocardiography; Fetal sex; Gestational age; Mechanical PR interval; Obstetrical ultrasound

Indexed keywords

A WAVE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONGENITAL HEART BLOCK; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSTETRICS; PR INTERVAL; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE WAVE; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAVEFORM;

FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 70350512967     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7333     Document Type: Article

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