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Review
. 2004 Dec;90(12):1499-504.
doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.035444.

Management of hypertension before, during, and after pregnancy

P Rachael James  1 , Catherine Nelson-Piercy
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Review

Management of hypertension before, during, and after pregnancy

P Rachael James et al. Heart. 2004 Dec.
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Figure 1
Doppler uterine artery assessment showing (A) normal flow velocity waveform with low resistance, and (B) abnormal flow velocity waveform with an early diastolic notch (arrow) and a high resistance index.
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