Blood flow volume of uterine arteries in human pregnancies determined using 3D and bi-dimensional imaging, angio-Doppler, and fluid-dynamic modeling

Placenta

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-43

  Rigano, S ^a   Ferrazzi, E ^a   Boito, S ^b   Pennati, G ^c   Padoan, A ^a   Galan, H ^d  

^a V BUZZI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow volume; Doppler velocimetry; Pregnancy; Ultrasound; Uterine artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUID DYNAMIC MODELING; FLUID FLOW; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERINE BLOOD VESSEL; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

ANGIOGRAPHY; BIRTH WEIGHT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TERM BIRTH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE ARTERY;

EID: 71649094327     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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