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Cardiac Output in Twin Pregnancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

D.M. Campbell*
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Department of Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
N. Haites
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Department of Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
F. MacLennan
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Department of Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
J. Rawles
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Department of Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
*
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB9 2ZD, Scotland

Abstract

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No significant difference has been found in either stroke volume or cardiac output between twin pregnancies and singleton pregnancies. Cardiac output is less in preeclamptic twin pregnancies.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1985

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