Intraplacental blood flow in third trimester of placental insufficiency pregnancy

2014 ◽  
Vol 63 (5) ◽  
pp. 51-57
Author(s):  
Anna N Zakurina ◽  
Natalia G Pavlova

Background. Serious perinatal, most of all, neurological consequences of placental insufficiency condition necessity further search it’s markers for optimal delivery time. Methods. At third term of pregnancy we examined 16 singleton physiological pregnant women (first group) and 27 placental insufficiency patients (second group). We standard obstetrical examined, ultrasound fetometry, basic arteries of functional system mother-placenta-fetus Doppler and three-dimensional power Doppler in central, two paracentral and two periphery placenta areas. We processing images by VOCAL and analyzed vascularisation (VI), flow (FI) and vascularisation-flow indexes (VFI). Results. In placentae correlated groups FI differ in size reliable in central (t=4,03; p<0,001 и U=240,00; p<0,001) and paracentral (t=2,61; p<0,05 и U=348,00; p<0,05) areas. Patients second group indexes were relative on 17% and 8% less than patients first group indexes. Patients second group VFI was on 35% less than patients first group VFI (t=2,08; p<0,05 и U=337,00; p<0,05). We described results of comparison three-dimensional power Doppler intraplacental blood flow indexes from patients second group with different degree hemodynamic disorder. Conclusion. In placental insufficiency presence reduction blood circulation, particular in central placenta area, conditioned by reduction blood flow in initial vessels number. Central placenta area FI may be regarded new additional criterion of placental insufficiency at third term of pregnancy.

Author(s):  
N.V. Pomytkina ◽  
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E.L. Sorokin ◽  
Y.E. Pashentsev ◽  
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Purpose. To investigate changes in retinal blood flow in pregnant women with diabetes mellitus (DM) using optical coherence tomography in angiography (OCTA) mode. Material and methods. 60 pregnant women were examined. The main group consisted of 24 women with DM type 1 and type 2. The control group was represented by 36 healthy women with physiological pregnancy. Women underwent OCTA on an Optovue RTVue XR Avanti device (Optovue Inc., USA) using the HD Angio Retina 6.0 mm scanning protocol. The total vascular density (TVD), foveal vascular density (FVD), and the area of the foveal avascular zone (AFAZ) in the superficial retinal plexus were studied. The survey was carried out in all trimesters of pregnancy in the main group, in the control group – in the third trimester. Results. When conducting a comparative analysis, no significant differences in the values of TDV and AFAZ were found between the main group and the control group. FVD values in pregnant women with diabetes were statistically significantly lower relative to the control group (p=0.001). There were no significant differences in FVD values in the subgroups of pregnant women with diabetic retinopathy (DR) and with diabetes and the absence of DR in the third trimester (p=0.114). However, AFAZ indices in patients with DR were significantly higher (p=0.039), and TDV – significantly lower in comparison with pregnant women with diabetes and no DR (p=0.035). Conclusions. 1. In pregnant women with diabetes in the third trimester, a statistically significant decrease in FPS in the superficial retinal plexus was revealed in comparison with healthy women with physiological pregnancy, in the absence of significant differences in TDV and AFAZ. 2. In pregnant women with DR in the third trimester, a statistically significant expansion of AFAZ with a decrease in TDV in the superficial plexus was revealed in comparison with pregnant women with DM and no DR. Key words: diabetes mellitus, diabetic retinopathy, optical coherence tomography in angiography mode, retinal blood flow.


2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine R. Goetzinger ◽  
Alison G. Cahill ◽  
Linda Odibo ◽  
George A. Macones ◽  
Anthony O. Odibo

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