title: Power M-mode transcranial Doppler examination of the ophthalmic artery in pregnancy: standard operating procedure and review of the literature.
abstract: Our aim was to describe the standard operating procedure for transcranial Doppler investigation of the ophthalmic artery in pregnancy, determine the interobserver and intraobserver variability using power M-mode technology, and review the existing literature. Accordingly, 27 healthy pregnant or immediately postpartum women were enrolled and underwent transcranial Doppler investigation of the ophthalmic artery using power M-mode technology. Good interobserver and intraobserver variability was observed for both, especially with respect to the clinically important indices. Transcranial Doppler power M-mode examination of the ophthalmic artery is easy and reproducible and holds a great deal of potential for investigation in pregnancy.
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors: Qian
authors: Q
authors: Chen
authors: Sina
authors: S
authors: Haeri
authors: Teelkien
authors: T
authors: Van Veen
authors: Rodrigo
authors: R
authors: Ruano
authors: Hossein
authors: H
authors: Golabbakhsh
authors: Michael A
authors: MA
authors: Belfort
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D009880:Ophthalmic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013781:Texas; D017585:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: ophthalmic artery; pregnancy; transcranial Doppler sonography