Risk of perinatal death in early-onset intrauterine growth restriction according to gestational age and cardiovascular doppler indices: A multicenter study

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 116-122

  Cruz Lemini, Mónica ^a   Crispi, Fàtima ^a   Van Mieghem, Tim ^b   Pedraza, Daniel ^c   Cruz Martínez, Rogelio ^a   Acosta Rojas, Ruthy ^a   Figueras, Francesc ^a   Parra Cordero, Mauro ^c   Deprest, Jan ^b   Gratacós, Eduard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Aortic isthmus; Doppler; Ductus venosus; Intrauterine growth restriction; Myocardial performance index; Perinatal mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTIC ISTHMUS FLOW INDEX; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREE; DEVICES; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYOCARDIAL PERFORMANCE INDEX; NEWBORN; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

AORTA; BELGIUM; CHILE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SPAIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84863524238     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333001     Document Type: Article

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