Superior vena cava flow: Feasibility and reliability of the off-line analyses

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Lee, Anja ^a   Liesto K ^b   Nestaas, E ^c   Brunvand, L ^a   Lindemann, R ^a,d   Fugelseth, D ^a,d  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c VESTFOLD HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; VEIN DIAMETER;

EID: 77949807826     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.176883     Document Type: Article

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