title: Cardiac output in anencephalic fetuses.
abstract: The cardiac output was measured by means of Doppler echocardiography in four anencephalic fetuses during the late second or third trimester of pregnancy. Anencephalic fetuses showed a higher dominance of right ventricular output when compared to healthy fetuses, suggesting that the relationship between brain mass and body weight affects the distribution of cardiac output.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Università Cattolica S. Cuore, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rizzo
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Arduini
mesh_terms: D000757:Anencephaly / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001835:Body Weight; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002302:Cardiac Output; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009929:Organ Size; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right