The role of blood flow distribution in the regulation of cerebral oxygen availability in fetal growth restriction

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 364-369

  Luria, Oded ^a   Bar, Jacob ^a,b   Kovo, Michal ^a,b   Malinger, Gustavo ^a,b   Golan, Abraham ^a,b   Barnea, Ofer ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brain sparing effect; Fetal growth restriction; Fetal hypoxia; Mathematical model; Placental resistance to blood flow

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN-SPARING EFFECT; CARDIAC OUTPUT; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FETAL CIRCULATION; FETAL GROWTH RESTRICTION; FETAL HYPOXIA; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL FLOW; PLACENTAL RESISTANCE TO BLOOD FLOW; UNIMODAL;

HEMODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEONATAL MONITORING; OPTIMIZATION; OXYGEN;

BRAIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CEREBRAL OXYGEN AVAILABILITY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS WEIGHT; HEART OUTPUT; HYPOXIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BRAIN; CARDIAC OUTPUT; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETUS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 84858158698     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2011.07.032     Document Type: Article

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