The maternal cardiovascular system at rest and in response to functional haemodynamic testing during healthy pregnancy
Healthy pregnancy results in significant maternal cardiac adaptation to match the increased circulatory demands of the developing fetoplacental unit. Specifically, cardiac output, heart rate (HR), stroke volume (SV) and end-diastolic volume (EDV) increase, whereas mean arterial pressure and systemic...
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Cardiff Metropolitan University
2017
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| Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.753518 |