Changes in maternal posterior and anterior cerebral artery flow velocity during pregnancy and postpartum-A longitudinal study

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 532-537

  van Veen, Teelkien R ^a,b   Haeri, Sina ^b,c   Sangi Haghpeykar, Haleh ^b   Belfort, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c St David's Women's Center of Texas   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cerebral artery; Maternal; Posterior cerebral artery; Pregnancy; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MATERNAL; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; REFERENCE VALUE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER;

ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; MATERNAL; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84886752486     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.22091     Document Type: Article

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