Factors Associated with Uterine Artery Doppler Anomalies in Patients with Preeclampsia

Abstract

In patients with preeclampsia, the presence of uterine artery Doppler anomalies (high resistance index with or without bilateral notches) was associated with unfavorable pregnancy outcomes.

Umbilical Cord Blood Changes in Neonates from a Preeclamptic Pregnancy

“…Doppler fluxometry applied to the uterine arteries allowed the confirmation of the hemodynamic disturbances underlying placental insufficiency, and demonstrated that in PE occurs an increased (circulatory) resistance of placental vascular territory (Papageorghiou & Leslie, 2007;Boukerrou et al, 2009). As changes in placental blood flow are observed in PE before the onset of symptoms (Papageorghiou & Leslie, 2007), uterine artery Doppler, is performed early in the second trimester of pregnancy, in order to predict PE.…”