Power Doppler ultrasound studies of ovarian, uterine, and endometrial blood flow in regularly menstruating women with respect to luteal phase defects.
The menstrual cycle outcome of 71 regularly menstruating women was ovulatory in 60.5% of the cases, luteal phase defect in 25.3%, luteinized unruptured follicle in 11.2%, and anovulatory in 2.8%. Significantly lower resistance indices were seen in the uterine, arcuate, radial, and spiral arteries of the ovulatory group in the midluteal phase, which was inversely related to the P level.
Dal
Jale
J
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kocaeli University School of Medicine, Kocaeli, Turkey.
Vural
Birol
B
Caliskan
Eray
E
Ozkan
Sabiha
S
Yucesoy
Izzet
I
D000328:Adult; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology; D004717:Endometrium / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008597:Menstrual Cycle / Q000502:physiology; D010053:Ovary / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods*; D014599:Uterus / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*