Fetal atrioventricular blood flow throughout gestation.
The relative contribution of rapid ventricular filling to total ventricular filling increases as gestational age advances. A possible explanation for this observation is that the fetal cardiac compliance improves throughout gestation.
Weiner
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
Efrat
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Zimmer
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Itskovitz-Eldor
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D000328:Adult; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000098:blood supply*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006321:Heart / Q000196:embryology* / Q000502:physiology; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal