FETAL ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOOD FLOW THROUGHOUT GESTATION

Authors
WEINER Z EFRAT Z ZIMMER EZ ITSKOVITZELDOR J
Citation
Z. Weiner et al., FETAL ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOOD FLOW THROUGHOUT GESTATION, The American journal of cardiology, 80(5), 1997, pp. 658
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
80
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1997)80:5<658:FABFTG>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
The relative contribution of rapid ventricular filling to total ventri cular filling increases as gestational age advances. A possible explan ation for this observation is that the fetal cardiac compliance improv es throughout gestation.