Changes in umbilical venous volume flow after fetoscopic laser occlusion of placental vascular anastomoses in twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 203, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 479.e1-479.e6

  Baschat, Ahmet Alexander ^a   Gungor, Sadettin ^a   Glosemeyer, Peter ^b   Huber, Agnes ^b   Hecher, Kurt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Doppler; ductus venosus; fetoscopy; Key words; laser occlusion; twin twin transfusion; umbilical venous volume flow

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BLADDER FILLING; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DONOR; DUCTUS VENOSUS; DUCTUS VENOSUS PULSATILE INDEX; FEMALE; FETOSCOPIC LASER OCCLUSION; FETOSCOPY; FETUS; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLACENTAL VASCULAR ANASTOMOSIS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; UMBILICAL VEIN; UMBILICAL VENOUS VOLUME FLOW; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 78149282988     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.11.013     Document Type: Article

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