title: [Arterial hypertension in pregnancy. Role of maternal and fetal blood velocimetry].
abstract: Gravidic hypertension remains one of the most frequent causes of perinatal mortality and morbidity. There are two aims when investigating this disease: evaluate the gravity, try to find early signs of a risk of pre-eclampsia. This last point has become particularly important over the past few years because of the development of preventive treatment (platelet anti-agregates). Mother and fetal blood velocimetry play a more and more important role. Three measurement sites appear to have different and complementary importance: for long-term prediction, measuring the velocimetric index of the uterin artery seems the most interesting because it schematically explores the type of placentations; for mid-term, measuring the ombilical artery evaluates placenta resistance, an essential factor in chronic fetal suffering; at short-term, measuring the fetal cerebral and carotid vessels explores the hemodynamic reactions of fetal adaptation to fetal suffering.
authors.affiliation: Clinique Universitaire Guy-Le-Lorier, Hôpital Tenon, Paris.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uzan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uzan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beaufils
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cynober
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Benard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries / Q000503:physiopathology; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology*; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000503:physiopathology; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005323:Fetal Monitoring; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014469:Umbilical Arteries / Q000503:physiopathology; D014599:Uterus / Q000098:blood supply
vernacular_title: Hypertension artérielle gravidique. Place de la vélocimétrie sanguine maternelle et foetale.