Low maternal middle cerebral artery Doppler resistance indices can predict future development of pre-eclampsia

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 406-411

  Belfort, M ^a   Van Veen, T ^b   White, G L ^a   Kofford, S ^c   Allred, J ^c   Postma, I ^b   Varner, M ^d  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c St Mark's Hospital Salt Lake City   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cerebrovascular resistance; pre eclampsia prediction; pulsatility index; resistance index; transcranial ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATION;

EID: 84866936835     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.11078     Document Type: Article

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