Relationship Between Maternal Arterial Wave Reflection, Microvascular Function and Fetal Growth in Normal Pregnancy

Microcirculation

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 608-614

  Khan, Faisel ^a   Mires, Gary ^a   Macleod, Maureen ^a   Belch, Jill J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Fetal growth; Microcirculation; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WAVE REFLECTION; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MATERNAL AGE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MICROCIRCULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADULT; ARTERIES; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MICROCIRCULATION; NITROPRUSSIDE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; SKIN; UTERUS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149261383     PISSN: 10739688     EISSN: 15498719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-8719.2010.00055.x     Document Type: Article

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