title: Endometrial thickness and the Doppler sonographic parameters of the uterine arteries as discriminators of endometrial status in postmenopausal women receiving anti-hypertensive treatment.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the present study was to establish the Doppler sonographic parameters of the uterine arteries in postmenopausal patients with or without hypertension and to determine the value of their measurement in the prediction of endometrial pathology.
  
  
  METHODS
  Healthy postmenopausal women (n = 23) and the ones receiving anti-hypertensive medication (n = 34) examined for both endometrial thickness and Doppler velocimetry of the uterine arteries by transvaginal sonography.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no significant difference between endometrial thickness and uterine artery Doppler sonographic parameters in hypertensive postmenopausal women compared to normotensive controls.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The role of Doppler examination in the differential diagnosis of endometrial pathology in patients with or without hypertension seemed not to be effective.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, TR-45100, Turkey. tayfun.ozcakir@bayar.edu.tr
authors.forename: Hasan Tayfun
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Ozcakir
authors.forename: Umit Sungurtekin
authors.initials: US
authors.lastname: Inceboz
authors.forename: Ozan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Utuk
authors.forename: Yesim Bulbul
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Baytur
authors.forename: Husnu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Caglar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001158:Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000187:drug effects; D004717:Endometrium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D017698:Postmenopause; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods; D014599:Uterus / Q000098:blood supply*
chemical_list: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents