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Doppler sonographic studies on the ophthalmic and central retinal arteries in the gravid woman.
Author(s) -
MacKenzie F,
De Vermette R,
Nimrod C,
Boisvert D,
Jackson B
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/jum.1995.14.9.643
Subject(s) - medicine , ophthalmic artery , central retinal artery , retinal artery , retinal , nomogram , blood flow , intraocular pressure , central retinal vein , doppler effect , blood pressure , ophthalmology , gestation , pregnancy , radiology , physics , genetics , astronomy , biology
The aim of this study was to establish normative data as gestation advances for pulsed Doppler evaluation of both the ophthalmic artery and the central retinal artery. After measuring intraocular pressure and blood pressure, pulsed Doppler ultrasonographic examination was performed on the ophthalmic and central retinal arteries in both eyes of 125 normal pregnant women. Nomograms, with 95% prediction intervals, have been generated for the Doppler indices, reflecting blood flow in both the ophthalmic and the central retinal arteries. The use of this technique in the management of pregnancy induced hypertension can now be better evaluated.