Placental volume and vascularization flow indices by 3D power Doppler US using VOCAL technique and correlation with IGF-1, free beta-hCG, PAPP-A, and uterine artery Doppler at 11-14 weeks of pregnancy

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-141

  Yigiter, Alin Basgul ^a,d   Kavak, Zehra Nese ^b   Durukan, Birol ^c   Isci, Herman ^a   Uzuner, Arzu ^b   Uyar, Esra ^b   Gokaslan, Husnu ^b  

^a ISTANBUL BILIM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c GOZTEPE TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^d Marmara University Faculty of Medicine ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

first trimester pregnancy; free beta human chorionic gonadotropin; insulin like growth factor 1; intrauterine growth retardation; placental vascularization; placental volume; pregnancy associated plasma protein A; three dimensional (3D) power Doppler ultrasound; uterine artery doppler ultrasonography; VOCAL

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN A; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERINE ARTERY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; PLACENTA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN-A; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE ARTERY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952810195     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2010.136     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Berg S, Torp H, Blaas HG. Accuracy of in-vitro volume estimation of small structures using three-dimensional ultrasound. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2000;26:425-32. (Pubitemid 30204555)
2. Bozkurt N, Başgül Yigiter A, Gokaslan H, Kavak ZN. Correlations of fetal-maternal outcomes and first trimester 3-D placental volume/3-D power Doppler calculations. Clin Exp Obstet Gynecol. 2010;37:26-8.
3. Brosens I, Dixon HG, Robertson WB. Fetal growth retardation and arteries of the placental bed. Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1987;84:656-63.
4. Caniggia I, Winter JL, Adriana and Luisa Castellucci Award Lecture 2001. Hypoxia inducible factor-1: Oxygen regulation of trophoblast differentiation in normal and pre-eclamptic pregnancies - a review. Placenta. 2002;23:S47-57. (Pubitemid 39658613)
5. Cowans NJ, Spencer K. First-trimester ADAM12 and PAPPA as markers for intrauterine fetal growth restriction through their roles in the insulin-like growth factor system. Prenat Diagn. 2007;27:264-71. (Pubitemid 46450586)
6. Dugoff L, Hobbins JC, Malone FD, Porter TF, Luthy D, Comstock CH, et al. First-trimester maternal serum PAPP-A and free-beta subunit human chorionic gonadotropin concentrations and nuchal translucency are associated with obstetric complications: A population-based screening study (the FASTER Trial). Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2004;191:1446-51. (Pubitemid 39421612)
7. Gregg AR, Steiner H, Staudach A, Weiner CP. Accuracy of 3D sonographic volume measurements. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1993;168:348.
8. Guibourdenche J, Frendo JL, Pidoux G, Bertin G, Luton D, Muller F, et al. Expression of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) during human villous trophoblast differentiation in vitro. Placenta. 2003;24:532-9. (Pubitemid 37184775)
9. Hafner E, Metzenbauer M, Dillinger-Paller B, Hoefinger D, Schuchter K, Sommer-Wagner H, et al. Correlation of first trimester placental volume and second trimester uterine artery Doppler flow. Placenta. 2001;22:729-34. (Pubitemid 32982709)
10. Hafner E, Metzenbauer M, Höfinger D, Stonek F, Schuchter K, Waldhör T, et al. Comparison between three-dimensional placental volume at 12 weeks and uterine artery impedance/ notching at 22 weeks in screening for pregnancy-induced hypertension, pre-eclampsia and fetal growth restriction in a low-risk population. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2006;27: 652-7. (Pubitemid 43967368)
11. Hafner E, Philipp T, Schuchter K, Dillinger-Paller B, Philipp K, Bauer P. Second-trimester measurements of placental volume by three-dimensional ultrasound to predict small-for-gestational- age infants. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 1998;12:97-102. (Pubitemid 28432877)
12. Han VK, Bassett N, Walton J, Challis JR. The expression of insulin-like growth factor (IGF) and IGF-binding protein (IGFBP) genes in the human placenta and membranes: Evidence for IGF-IGFBP interactions at the feto-maternal interface. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1996;81:2680-93. (Pubitemid 26240297)
13. Hoogland HJ, de Haan J, Martin CB Jr. Placental size during early pregnancy and fetal outcome: A preliminary report of a sequential ultrasonographic study. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1980;138:441-3. (Pubitemid 11226076)
14. Law LW, Leung TY, Sahota DS, Chan LW, Fung TY, Lau TK. Which ultrasound or biochemical markers are independent predictors of small-for-gestational age? Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2009;34:283-7.
15. Lawrence JB, Oxvig C, Overgaard MT, Sottrup-Jensen L, Gleich GJ, Hays LG, et al. The insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-dependent IGF binding protein-4 protease secreted by human fibroblasts is pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 1999;96:3149-53. (Pubitemid 29148859)
16. Mercé LT, Barco MJ, Bau S, Kupesic S, Kurjak A. Assessment of placental vascularization by three-dimensional power Doppler vascular biopsy in normal pregnancies. Croat Med J. 2005;46:765-71. (Pubitemid 41414895)
17. Metzenbauer M, Hafner E, Hoefinger D, Schuchter K, Stangl G, Ogris E, et al. Three-dimensional ultrasound measurement of the placental volume in early pregnancy: Method and correlation with biochemical placenta parameters. Placenta. 2001;22:602-5. (Pubitemid 32700846)
18. Morris RK, Cnossen JS, Langejans M, Robson SC, Kleijnen J, Ter Riet G, et al. Serum screening with Down's syndrome markers to predict pre-eclampsia and small for gestational age: Systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2008;8:33.
19. Pairleitner H, Steiner H, Hasenoehrl G, Staudach A. Threedimensional power Doppler sonography: Imaging and quantifying blood flow and vascularization. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 1999;14:139-43. (Pubitemid 29440656)
20. Pijnenborg R, Anthony J, Davey DA, Rees A, Tiltman A, Vercruysse L, et al. Placental bed spiral arteries in the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1991; 98:648-55.
21. Pijnenborg R, Bland JM, Robertson WB, Brosens I. Uteroplacental arterial changes related to interstitial trophoblast migration in early human pregnancy. Placenta. 1983;4:397-413. (Pubitemid 13005635)
22. Pilalis A, Souka AP, Antsaklis P, Daskalakis G, Papantoniou N, Mesogitis S, et al. Screening for pre-eclampsia and fetal growth restriction by uterine artery Doppler and PAPP-A at 11-14 weeks' gestation. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2007;29: 135-40. (Pubitemid 46326584)
23. Rizzo G, Capponi A, Cavicchioni O, Vendola M, Arduini D. First trimester uterine Doppler and three-dimensional ultrasound placental volume calculation in predicting pre-eclampsia. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2008;138:147-51. (Pubitemid 351726049)
24. Rizzo G, Capponi A, Pietrolucci ME, Capece A, Arduini D. First-trimester placental volume and vascularization measured by 3-dimensional power Doppler sonography in pregnancies with low serum pregnancy-associated plasma protein a levels. J Ultrasound Med. 2009;28:1615-22.
25. Rizzo G, Silvestri E, Capponi A, Servadei F, Pietrolucci ME, Capece A, et al. Histomorphometric characteristics of first trimester chorionic villi in pregnancies with low serum pregnancy- associated plasma protein-A levels: Relationship with placental three-dimensional power doppler ultrasonographic vascularization. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2010 [Epub ahead of print] (doi: 10.3109/14767058.2010.482627).
26. Schuchter K, Metzenbauer M, Hafner E, Philipp K. Uterine artery Doppler and placental volume in the first trimester in the prediction of pregnancy complications. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2001;18:590-2. (Pubitemid 34063056)
27. Sferuzzi-Perri AN, Owens JA, Standen P, Taylor RL, Robinson JS, Roberts CT. Early pregnancy maternal endocrine insulin-like growth factor I programs the placenta for increased functional capacity throughout gestation. Endocrinology. 2007;148:4362-70. (Pubitemid 47295705)
28. Smith GC, Stenhouse EJ, Crossley JA, Aitken DA, Cameron AD, Connor JM. Early pregnancy levels of pregnancy-associated plasma protein a and the risk of intrauterine growth restriction, premature birth, pre-eclampsia, and stillbirth. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2002;87:1762-7. (Pubitemid 34615266)
29. Vatten LJ, Nilsen TI, Juul A, Jeansson S, Jenum PA, Eskild A. Changes in circulating level of IGF-I and IGF-binding protein-1 from the first to second trimester as predictors of pre-eclampsia. Eur J Endocrinol. 2008;158:101-5. (Pubitemid 351211046)
30. Wolf H, Oosting H, Treffers PE. Second-trimester placental volume measurement by ultrasound: Prediction of fetal outcome. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1989;160:121-6. (Pubitemid 19055272)