Pulmonary vein pulsatility in fetuses of diabetic mothers: prenatal Doppler echocardiographic study

Pulmonary vein pulsatility in fetuses of diabetic mothers: prenatal Doppler echocardiographic study

OBJECTIVE: To verify the hypothesis that the pulmonary vein pulsatility index is higher in fetuses of diabetic mothers than it is in normal fetuses of nondiabetic mothers. METHODS: Twenty-four fetuses of mothers with either gestational or previous diabetes (cases), and 25 normal fetuses of mothers w...

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Main Authors: Paulo Zielinsky, Antonio L. Piccoli Jr, Lucas Teixeira, Eduardo I. Gus, João L. Mânica, Fabíola Satler, Humberto Vaz, Luiz H. Nicoloso, Stelamaris Luchese, Marlui Sheid, Silvana Marcantonio, Domingos Hatém
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2003-12-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
Subjects:
fetal echocardiography
fetal diastolic function
fetal pulmonary venous flow
diabetes
pulmonary vein pulsatility index
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