Maternal endothelial function in the course of pregnancy and postpartum - Ultrasound-based longitudinal assessment using flow-mediated dilatation (FMD);Maternale Endothelfunktion in Schwangerschaft und Wochenbett - ultraschallgestützte longitudinale Erfassung mittels Flow Mediated Dilatation (FMD)

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Seeliger, C ^a   Brueckmann, A ^a   Schleussner E ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

endothelial function; flow mediated dilatation; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; REFERENCE VALUE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NITRIC OXIDE; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VASODILATION;

EID: 84871661251     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: 14388782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1273488     Document Type: Article

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