Doppler indices of the middle cerebral artery in fetuses with cardiac defects theoretically associated with impaired cerebral oxygen delivery in utero: Is there a brain-sparing effect?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 666-672

  Berg, C ^a   Gembruch, O ^a   Gembruch, U ^a   Geipel, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Cardiac defects; Fetus; Hypoplastic left heart; Middle cerebral artery Doppler; Prenatal diagnosis; Transposition of the great arteries

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 73449127551     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7474     Document Type: Article

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