Maternal cardiac function after HELLP syndrome: an echocardiography study

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 507-513

  Orabona, R ^a   Vizzardi, E ^a   Sciatti, E ^a   Prefumo, F ^a   Bonadei, I ^a   Valcamonico, A ^a   Metra, M ^a   Frusca, T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

echocardiography; HELLP syndrome; left ventricular remodeling; pre eclampsia; right ventricle; tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HELLP SYNDROME; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HELLP SYNDROME; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 85030239651     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.17358     Document Type: Article

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