KEY TERMS Print Section Listen Key Terms Cardiovascular profile score: a semiquantitative score of the fetal cardiac well-being that uses known markers by ultrasound that have been correlated with poor…
KEY TERMS Print Section Listen Key Terms Renal agenesis: congenital absence of the kidneys. Potter syndrome: constellation of fetal and neonatal complications, including lung hypoplasia and facial and skeletal abnormalities,…
KEY TERMS Print Section Listen Key Terms Arnold-Chiari or Chiari type II malformation: cranial and cerebral anomalies arising as a part of the spectrum of open spina bifida. Closed spina…
KEY TERMS Print Section Listen Key Terms Phenotype: all morphologic and functional attributes of an individual. The term may also refer to the organs, tissues, or cells of that individual,…
KEY TERMS Print Section Listen Key Terms Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH): occurs at the ninth week of gestation and causes herniation of abdominal viscera into the thoracic cavity. This causes…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen This chapter focuses on the Doppler interrogation of the fetal circulation. Other chapters in this book focus on Doppler velocimetry of the uterine arteries and fetal…
KEY TERMS Print Section Listen Key Terms Monozygotic twins: a pregnancy of 2 fetuses derived from the same zygote that divided between the day of fertilization and the 14th day….
KEY TERMS Print Section Listen Key Terms Aliasing: aliasing of a Doppler signal occurs when the Nyquist limit has been exceeded. This resulting “wrapped around” appearance of either the pulsed…
KEY TERMS Print Section Listen Key Terms Embryo: conceptus during early (<8 weeks) development when most organs are being formed. Fetus: conceptus during which time organs enlarge (>8 weeks). Subchorionic…
KEY TERMS Print Section Listen Key Terms Ectopic pregnancy: a gestational sac located outside of the uterine lumen. The most common location is within the ampullary segment of the fallopian…
