Reference ranges of blood flow in the major vessels of the normal human fetal circulation at term by phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 663-670

  Prsa, Milan ^a   Sun, Liqun ^a   Van Amerom, Joshua ^a   Yoo, Shi Joon ^a   Grosse Wortmann, Lars ^a   Jaeggi, Edgar ^a   MacGowan, Christopher ^a   Seed, Mike ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Pediatrics; Regional blood fow

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRICS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; ARTERIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84905862833     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.113.001859     Document Type: Article

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