Left ventricular midwall mechanics at 24 weeks' gestation in high-risk normotensive pregnant women: Relationship to placenta-related complications of pregnancy

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 430-437

  Novelli, G P ^a   Vasapollo, B ^b,c   Gagliardi, G ^b   Tiralongo, G M ^b   Pisani, I ^b   Manfellotto, D ^c   Giannini, L ^d   Valensise, H ^b  

^a San Sebastiano Martire Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

echocardiography; fetal growth restriction; hemodynamics; midwall mechanics; pre eclampsia; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; INFANT, NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; UTERINE ARTERY;

EID: 84859427643     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.10089     Document Type: Article

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