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Abnormal Doppler velocimetry and blood flow volume in the middle cerebral artery in very severe intrauterine growth restriction: is the occurrence of reversal of compensatory flow too late?
Author(s) -
Konje Justin C.,
Bell Stephen C.,
Taylor David J.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2001.00222.x
Subject(s) - middle cerebral artery , oligohydramnios , umbilical artery , intrauterine growth restriction , medicine , laser doppler velocimetry , amniotic fluid index , cerebral arteries , fetus , biophysical profile , cardiology , velocimetry , cardiotocography , anterior cerebral artery , obstetrics , blood flow , pregnancy , biology , ischemia , physics , optics , genetics
Objectives To determine the time course of quantified volumetric flow and pulsatility index changes in the middle cerebral arteries of severe intrauterine growth restricted fetuses with absent or reversed end diastolic flow velocities (AREDFV) on umbilical artery Doppler with a view to defining the threshold for early intervention before the onset of reversal of adaptation. Setting Fetal growth clinic of a large UK teaching hospital. Sample Seventeen severe intrauterine growth restricted (AC