Czuba Bartosz, Tousty Piotr, Cnota Wojciech, Borowski Dariusz, Jagielska Agnieszka, Dubiel Mariusz, Fuchs Anna, Fraszczyk-Tousty Magda, Dzidek Sylwia, Kajdy Anna, Świercz Grzegorz, Kwiatkowski Sebastian
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Silesia, 41-703 Ruda Slaska, Poland.
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Pomeranian Medical University, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.
J Clin Med. 2022 Apr 8;11(8):2095. doi: 10.3390/jcm11082095.
To assess whether there are differences in first-trimester fetal hepatic artery flows depending on pregnancy outcomes.
The prospective study conducted in 2012-2020 included 1841 fetuses from singleton pregnancies assessed during the routine first-trimester ultrasound examination (between 11- and 14-weeks' gestation). Also, each fetus was examined to determine their hepatic artery flows by measuring the artery's pulsatility index (HA-PI) and peak systolic velocity (HA-PSV).
The fetuses that were classified as belonging to the adverse pregnancy outcome group (those with karyotype abnormalities and congenital heart defects) were characterized by a significantly lower HA-PI and higher HA-PSV compared to normal outcome fetuses.
Hepatic artery flow assessment proved to be a very useful tool in predicting adverse pregnancy outcomes, in particular karyotype abnormalities and congenital heart defects.
评估孕早期胎儿肝动脉血流是否因妊娠结局而异。
2012年至2020年进行的前瞻性研究纳入了1841例单胎妊娠胎儿,这些胎儿在孕早期常规超声检查(妊娠11至14周)期间接受了评估。此外,对每个胎儿进行检查,通过测量肝动脉的搏动指数(HA-PI)和收缩期峰值速度(HA-PSV)来确定其肝动脉血流。
与正常结局胎儿相比,被归类为不良妊娠结局组(染色体核型异常和先天性心脏缺陷胎儿)的胎儿具有显著更低的HA-PI和更高的HA-PSV。
肝动脉血流评估被证明是预测不良妊娠结局,特别是染色体核型异常和先天性心脏缺陷的非常有用的工具。