Fetal Thoracic Circumference and Lung Volume and Their Relation to Fetal Size and Pulmonary Artery Blood Flow.

Katarina HildeKarin C Lødrup CarlsenKaren Eline Stensby BainsHrefna Katrín GudmundsdóttirChristine Monceyron JonassenIna KreybergMarissa LeBlancLive NordhagenBjörn NordlundEva Maria RehbinderKatrine Dønvold SjøborgHåvard Ove SkjervenAnne Cathrine StaffBirgitte Kordt SundetRiyas VettukattilMagdalena R VaernesbrandenJohanna WiikGuttorm Haugen

Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2021)

We found moderate to low correlation between thoracic circumference, lung volume, and fetal size at 30 GW. The closest relationship was with the abdominal circumference. We found low correlations of thoracic circumference and lung volume with pulmonary artery blood flow velocity measures.

Keyphrases

blood flow
pulmonary artery
body mass index
coronary artery
pulmonary hypertension
pulmonary arterial hypertension
body weight
spinal cord