The role of endometrial and subendometrial vascularity measured by three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasound in the prediction of pregnancy during frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1612-1617

  Ng, Ernest Hung Yu ^a   Chan, Carina Chi Wai ^a   Tang, Oi Shan ^a   Yeung, William Shu Biu ^a   Ho, Pak Chung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Endometrial and subendometrial vascularity; Frozen thawed embryo transfer; Three dimensional power Doppler

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE; GONADOTROPIN DERIVATIVE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERUS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 33748995359     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dei502     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Abulafia O and Sherer DM (2000) Angiogenesis of the ovary. Am J Obstet Gynecol 182,240-246.
2. Al-Shawaf T, Yang D, al-Magid Y, Seaton A, Iketubosin F and Craft I (1993) Ultrasonic monitoring during replacement of frozen/thawed embryos in natural and hormone replacement cycles. Hum Reprod 8,2068-2074.
3. Altman DG and Bland JM (1994) Diagnostic tests 3: Receiver operating characteristic plots. BMJ 309,188-190.
4. Basir GS, Lam TP, Wai-sum O, Chau MT, Ng EH and Ho PC (2002) Cycle-to-cycle variation in utero-ovarian hemodynamic indices in ovarian stimulation and natural cycles of the same women and its effect on the outcome of assisted reproduction treatment. Fertil Steril 78,1055-1060.
5. Cacciatore B and Tiitinen A (1996) Does ovarian stimulation affect uterine artery impedance? J Assist Reprod Genet 13,15-18.
6. Coulam CB, Bustillo M, Soenksen DM and Britten S (1994) Ultrasonographic predictors of implantation after assisted reproduction. Fertil Steril 162,1004-1010.
7. Dickey RP (1997) Doppler ultrasound investigation of uterine and ovarian blood flow in infertility and early pregnancy. Hum Reprod Update 3,467-503.
8. Fraser IS, McCarron G, Hutton B and Macey D (1987) Endometrial blood flow measured by xenon 133 clearance in women with normal menstrual cycles and dysfunctional uterine bleeding. Am J Obstet Gynecol 156,158-166.
9. Friedler S, Schenker JG, Herman A and Lewin A (1996) The role of ultrasonography in the evaluation of endometrial receptivity following assisted reproductive treatments: A critical review. Hum Reprod Update 2,323-335.
10. Graham CH, Postovit LM, Park H, Canning MT and Fitzpatrick TE (2000) Adriana and Luisa Castellucci award lecture 1999: Role of oxygen in the regulation of trophoblast gene expression and invasion. Placenta 21,443-450.
11. Jinno M, Ozaki T, Iwashita M, Nakamura Y, Kudo A and Hirano H (2001) Measurement of endometrial tissue blood flow: A novel way to assess uterine receptivity for implantation. Fertil Steril 76,1168-1174.
12. Karlstrom PO, Bergh T, Forsberg AS, Sandkvist U and Wikland M (1997) Prognostic factors for the success rate of embryo freezing. Hum Reprod 12,1263-1266.
13. Kupesic S, Bekavac I, Bjelos D and Kurjak A (2001) Assessment of endometrial receptivity by transvaginal color Doppler and three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasonography in patients undergoing in vitro fertilization procedures. J Ultrasound Med 20,125-134.
14. Massai MR, de Ziegler D, Lesobre V, Bergeron C, Frydman R and Bouchard P (1993) Clomiphene citrate affects cervical mucus and endometrial morphology independently of the changes in plasma hormonal levels induced by multiple follicular recruitment. Fertil Steril 59,1179-1186.
15. Nakamura Y, Ono M, Yoshida Y, Sugino N, Ueda K and Kato H (1997) Effects of clomiphene citrate on the endometrial thickness and echogenic pattern of the endometrium. Fertil Steril 67,256-260.
16. Ng EHY, Yeung WSB, Lau EYL, So WWK and Ho PC (2000) High serum oestradiol levels in fresh IVF cycles do not impair implantation and pregnancy rates in subsequent FET cycles. Hum Reprod 15,250-255.
17. Ng EHY, Chan CCW, Tang OS, Yeung WSB and Ho PC (2004a) Endometrial and subendometrial blood flow measured during early luteal phase by three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasound in excessive ovarian responders. Hum Reprod 19,924-931.
18. Ng EHY, Chan CCW, Tang OS, Yeung WSB and Ho PC (2004b) Comparison of endometrial and subendometrial blood flow measured by three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasound between stimulated and natural cycles in the same patients. Hum Reprod 19,2385-2390.
19. Ng EHY, Chan CCW, Tang OS, Yeung WSB and Ho PC (2005) Endometrial and subendometrial blood flow measured by three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasound in patients with small intramural fibroids during in vitro fertilization treatment. Hum Reprod 20,501-506.
20. Ng EHY, Chan CCW, Tang OS, Yeung WSB, Ho PC (2006) The role of endometrial and subendometrial blood flows measured by three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasound in the prediction of pregnancy during IVF. Hum Reprod 21,164-170.
21. Pairleitner H, Steiner H, Hasenoehrl G and Staudach A (1999) Three-dimensional power Doppler sonography: Imaging and quantifying blood flow and vascularization. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 14,139-143.
22. Raga R, Bonilla-Musoles F, Casan EM, Klein O and Bonilla F (1999) Assessment of endometrial volume by three-dimensional ultrasound prior to embryo transfer: Clues to endometrial receptivity. Hum Reprod 14,2851-2854.
23. Raine-Fenning NJ, Campbell BK, Kendall NR, Clewes JS and Johnson IR (2004a) Quantifying the changes in endometrial vascularity throughout the normal menstrual cycle with three-dimensional power Doppler angiography. Hum Reprod 19,330-338.
24. Raine-Fenning NJ, Campbell BK, Kendall NR, Clewes JS and Johnson IR (2004b) Endometrial and subendometrial perfusion are impaired in women with unexplained subfertility. Hum Reprod 19,2605-2614.
25. Schild RL, Holthanus S, Alquen JD, Fimmers R, Dorn C, van der Ven H and Hansmann M (2000) Quantitative assessment of subendometrial blood flow by three-dimensional-ultrasound is an important predictive factor of implantation in an in-vitro fertilization programme. Hum Reprod 15,89-94.
26. Schild RL, Knoblock C, Dorn C, Fimmers R, van der Ven H and Hansmann M (2001) Endometrial receptivity in an in vitro fertilization program as assessed by spiral artery blood flow, endometrial thickness, endometrial volume, and uterine artery blood flow. Fertil Steril 75,361-366.
27. Sharkey AM, Day K, McPherson A, Malik S, Licence D, Smith SK and Charnock-Jones DS (2000) Vascular endothelial growth factor expression in human endometrium is regulated by hypoxia. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 85, 402-409.
28. Sher G, Herbert C, Maassarani G and Jacobs MH (1991) Assessment of the late proliferative phase endometrium by ultrasonography in patients undergoing in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF/ET). Hum Reprod 6,232-237.
29. Smith SK (2001) Regulation of angiogenesis in the endometrium. Trends Endocrinol Metab 12,147-151.
30. Turnbull LW, Lesny P and Killick SR (1995) Assessment of uterine receptivity prior to embryo transfer: A review of currently available imaging modalities. Hum Reprod Update 1,505-514.
31. Ueno J, Oehninger S, Brzyski RG, Acosta AA, Philput CB and Muasher SJ (1991) Ultrasonographic appearance of the endometrium in natural and stimulated in-vitro fertilization cycles and its correlation with outcome. Hum Reprod 6,901-904.
32. Wang JX, Yap YY and Matthews CD (2001) Frozen-thawed embryo transfer: influence of clinical factors on implantation rate and risk of multiple conception. Hum Reprod 16,2316-2319.
33. Wu HM, Chiang CH, Huang HY, Chao AS, Wang HS and Soong YK (2003) Detection of the subendometrial vascularization flow index by three-dimensional ultrasound may be useful for predicting the pregnancy rate for patients undergoing in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer. Fertil Steril 79,507-511.
34. Yaman C, Ebner T, Sommergruber M, Polz W and Tews G (2000) Role of three-dimensional ultrasonographic measurement of endometrium volume as a predictor of pregnancy outcome in an IVF-ET program. A preliminary study. Fertil Steril 74,797-801.