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  • Title: Uterine and fetal umbilical artery flow velocity waveforms in normal first trimester pregnancies.
    Author: den Ouden M, Cohen-Overbeek TE, Wladimiroff JW.
    Journal: Br J Obstet Gynaecol; 1990 Aug; 97(8):716-9. PubMed ID: 2400749.
    Abstract:
    In 85 normal singleton pregnancies between 8 and 13 weeks gestation, Doppler flow velocity waveform recordings were attempted from the left and right uterine artery and fetal umbilical artery. Acceptable waveforms were obtained from the uterine arteries in 83 and from the fetal umbilical artery in 61 of the 85 pregnancies. There was virtually no difference between the left and right uterine artery on average. The marked decrease in pulsatility (PI) and resistance (RI) indices from both uterine arteries reflects the ongoing process of secondary trophoblast invasion into the muscular part of the spiral arteries. Absent end-diastolic velocities were observed in 59 of 61 fetal umbilical artery flow velocity waveform recordings. PI values from the fetal umbilical artery suggest unaltered umbilical placental vascular resistance during the first trimester of pregnancy.
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