[Assessment of blood flow in the middle cerebral artery and the umbilical artery in fetuses with umbilical venous pulsations].
OBJECTIVE
Umbilical venous pulsation is an important sign of hemodynamic compromise, especially during fetal heart failure and asphyxia.


METHODS
The aim of this study was to determine of the blow flow in the middle cerebral artery and the umbilical artery in fetuses with umbilical venous pulsations.


METHODS
The investigation included 18 fetuses with signs of the intrauterine growth restriction and umbilical venous pulsations after 28th weeks of gestation. We evaluated cerebral-placental ratio (CPR) and pulsation index (PI) in the middle cerebral artery (MCA) and the umbilical artery (UA).


RESULTS
We observed brain sparring effect in all cases of analyzing fetuses. There were 77,8% of abnormal flow pattern in umbilical artery. 13 fetuses had a single pulsation pattern in umbilical vein and another 5 had double pulsation pattern.


CONCLUSIONS
The coexistence of umbilical vein pulsation and abnormal flow pattern in umbilical artery is closely related to increased perinatal mortality.
Borowski
Dariusz
D
Zakład USG Ginekologiczno-Poloiniczej, Instytut Centrum Zdrowia Matki Polski, Lódź.
Czuba
Bartosz
B
Kaczmarek
Piotr
P
Włoch
Agata
A
Pawłowicz
Paweł
P
Wyrwas
Dorota
D
Wielgos
Mirosław
M
Sodowski
Krzysztof
K
Szaflik
Krzysztof
K
D001238:Asphyxia Neonatorum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005333:Fetus / Q000098:blood supply; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D020768:Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011673:Pulsatile Flow; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D014469:Umbilical Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*