Transvaginal color Doppler assessment of the uteroplacental circulation in early pregnancy.
Transvaginal color Doppler was used to investigate the uteroplacental circulation of 45 patients with normal intrauterine pregnancies at 4-18 weeks' gestation. The main uterine artery and the radial and spiral arteries were demonstrated, and characteristic flow velocity waveforms were obtained in more than 90% of cases. The indices of impedance to flow decreased with gestation and there was a progressive fall in these indices from the uterine artery, through the radial, to the spiral artery. Blood velocity in the uterine artery increased exponentially with gestation.
Jurkovic
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Ultrasonic Institute, Medical Faculty, University of Zagreb, Yugoslavia.
Jauniaux
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Kurjak
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Hustin
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Campbell
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Nicolaides
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D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010920:Placenta / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000502:physiology*; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000379:methods*; D014599:Uterus / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*