Developmental programming of cardiovascular risk in intrauterine growth-restricted twin fetuses according to aortic intima thickness

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 279-284

  Visentin, Silvia ^a   Grisan, Enrico ^a   Zanardo, Vincenzo ^a   Bertin, Martina ^a   Veronese, Elisa ^a   Cavallin, Francesco ^a   Ambrosini, Guido ^a   Trevisanto, Daniele ^a   Cosmi, Erich ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic intima thickness; Cardiovascular risk; Chorionicity; Doppler velocimetry; Intrauterine growth restriction; Sex; Twin

Indexed keywords

FETAL MONITORING;

AORTIC INTIMA THICKNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHORIONICITY; DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RESTRICTION; TWIN;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ADULT; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INTIMA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK FACTOR; TWINS; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874178759     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2013.32.2.279     Document Type: Article

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