The Fetal and Neonatal Pulmonary Circulations
Contributors: E. Kenneth Weir (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: January 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780879934392
Subjects: Materno-fetal medicine; Neonatal medicine; Physiology; Respiratory medicine; Pediatrics; Human Cardiovascular System; Pulmonary circulation; Pediatric Cardiology; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Life Sciences - Human Anatomy & Physiology; Cardiology; BLOOD_CIRCULATION; Medical / Physiology; Science; Blood; Circulation; Fetus
First sentence: In the middle of the 17th century, when Harvey described the course of the circulation, he recognized that the fetal circulation differed from that of the adult, but he could not explain how blood flowed in the fetal lung.