Physiology of the fetal and transitional circulation

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 210-216

  Finnemore, Anna ^a   Groves, Alan ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal physiology; Neonatal critical care; Perinatal management

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CIRCULATION; FETUS CIRCULATION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART FUNCTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART PRELOAD; HEART RECOIL; HEART ROTATION; HEART TORSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; TRANSITIONAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; FETUS; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; VASCULARIZATION;

BLOOD CIRCULATION; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84939565311     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: 18780946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2015.04.003     Document Type: Review

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