title: Side of ovulation and its effects on uterine and ovarian stromal blood flow and reproductive hormones.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Effect of the side of ovulation on uterine, ovarian, and follicular blood flow parameters and various hormone levels.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective, observational study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fertility Clinic, St. George's Hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nineteen women with regular menstrual cycles. Pulsed Doppler measurements and serum hormonal concentrations during midfollicular, periovulatory, and midluteal phase for three successive cycles.
  
  
  METHODS
  Doppler blood flow and serum hormones.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Doppler blood flow of the ovarian stroma and follicular and uterine arteries showed no differences in the three phases between the right and left sides. Left-side uterine peak systolic velocity (PSV) (right-side PSV, 31.51cm/s; left-side PSV, 37.38 cm/s) during the periovulatory phase tended to be higher in the nondominant ovary; however, this was not quite significant. The serum hormone concentration showed no significant differences.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The side of ovulation did not influence the Doppler blood flow to the ovarian stroma or follicular and uterine arteries. The side of ovulation had no effect on serum FSH, LH, 17beta-estradiol, P, inhibin A, or inhibin B levels.
authors.affiliation: Diana, Princess of Wales Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Academic Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, United Kingdom. kojha@sghms.ac.uk
authors.forename: Kamal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ojha
authors.forename: Povilas
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sladkevicius
authors.forename: Rex
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Scaramuzzi
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Collier
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: Geeta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nargund
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries / Q000502:physiology; D004958:Estradiol / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D008597:Menstrual Cycle / Q000097:blood*; D010053:Ovary / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000166:cytology; D010060:Ovulation / Q000502:physiology*; D011374:Progesterone / Q000097:blood*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012016:Reference Values; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000502:physiology*; D017154:Stromal Cells / Q000166:cytology; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler; D014599:Uterus / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D011374:Progesterone; D004958:Estradiol; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone