Changes in central and peripheral circulation in intrauterine growth-restricted fetuses at different stages of umbilical artery flow deterioration: New fetal cardiac and brain parameters

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 274-280

  Benavides Serralde, Andres ^a,b   Scheier, Matthias ^b   Cruz Martinez, Rogelio ^a,b   Crispi, Fatima ^b   Figueras, Fransesc ^b   Gratacos, Eduard ^b   Hernandez Andrade, Edgar ^a,b  

^a National Institute of Perinatal Medicine   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain vasodilatation; Cardiac function; Doppler; Fetal deterioration; Intrauterine growth restriction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; AORTA FLOW; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CENTRAL CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY FLOW; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS DEATH; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEWBORN DEATH; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RENAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VASODILATATION;

AORTA; BLOOD CIRCULATION; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL HEART; FETAL WEIGHT; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; RENAL ARTERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; VASODILATION;

EID: 79959310474     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: 1423002X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323548     Document Type: Article

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