Fetal cardiac function in late-onset intrauterine growth restriction vs small-for-gestational age, as defined by estimated fetal weight, cerebroplacental ratio and uterine artery Doppler

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 465-471

  Perez Cruz M ^a   Cruz Lemini, M ^a   Fernandez M T ^a   Parra, J A ^a   Bartrons, J ^b   Gomez Roig M D ^a,c   Crispi, F ^a,d   Gratacos E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

^c SAMID Network (Spanish Collaborative Maternal and Child Health Research Network)   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

Author keywords

fetal cardiac function; fetal echocardiography; intrauterine growth restriction; myocardial performance index; small for gestational age; tissue Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROCEDURES; PULSATILE FLOW; PULSED DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL HEART; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PULSATILE FLOW; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UTERINE ARTERY;

EID: 84942944495     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.14930     Document Type: Article

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