Role of dysfunctional maternal venous hemodynamics in the pathophysiology of pre-eclampsia: A review

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-129

  Gyselaers, W ^a,b   Mullens, W ^a,b   Tomsin, K ^a,b   Mesens, T ^a   Peeters, L ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Doppler; gestational physiology; maternal veins; pre eclampsia; venous hemodynamics

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; KIDNEY CIRCULATION; LIVER CIRCULATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; REVIEW; VEIN;

BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRCULATION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; RENAL CIRCULATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; VEINS;

EID: 80051765379     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.9061     Document Type: Review

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