Transdermal nitroglycerin in patients with severe pre-eclampsia with placental insufficiency: Effect on uterine, umbilical and fetal middle cerebral artery resistance indices

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 389-394

  Trapani Jr , A ^a   Goncalves L F ^b   Pires, M M De S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY WILLIAM BEAUMONT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasonography; fetal blood flow; glyceryl trinitrate; nitroglycerin; pre eclampsia

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UTERUS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NITROGLYCERIN; PLACENTAL INSUFFICIENCY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UTERUS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 80053209369     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.8983     Document Type: Article

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