PMID- 9248112
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19970904
LR  - 20061115
IS  - 1330-0164 (Print)
IS  - 1330-0164 (Linking)
VI  - 51
IP  - 3
DP  - 1997
TI  - Histopathologic findings of placenta and arcuate artery Doppler velociometry in 
      preeclampsia and intrauterine growth retardation.
PG  - 151-4
AB  - The aim was to analyze the histopathologic changes of placentas and to compare 
      them to the results of arcuate artery color Doppler velocimetry. Fifty four 
      placentas were from pregnancies complicated with pre-eclampsia that ranged from 
      mild forms to convulsions (group 1), 42 from pregnancies complicated with 
      intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) (group 2) and 40 from uncomplicated 
      pregnancies (group 3). The arcuate artery resistance index (AARI) was increased 
      in 66.66% in group 1 and 59.52% in group 2 (NS). In all uncomplicated pregnancies 
      (group 3) AARI was normal. In group 2, increased AARI was significantly more 
      frequently associated with minimal hypoxic damage (MHD) of placental tissue than 
      in group 1 (p < 0.005), whereas multiple infarcts were more common in group 1 
      than in group 2 (p < 0.005). At normal AARI multiple infarcts were significantly 
      more frequently found in group 1 than in groups 2 and 3 (p < 0.005), whereas 
      normal placental findings were significantly more common in group 3 than in 
      groups 1 and 2 (p < 0.001). Hypoxic lesions were significantly more often 
      associated with increased AARI (p < 0.01). The positive predictive value of 
      arcuate artery color Doppler velocimetry for hypoxic placental lesions was 93%, 
      and negative predictive value was 10%. Sensitivity and specificity of the method 
      in the prediction of hypoxic placental lesions was 62% and 91%, respectively.
FAU - Kos, M
AU  - Kos M
AD  - Department of Gynecologic and Perinatal Pathology, University Hospital Centre, 
      Zagreb, Croatia.
FAU - Latin, V
AU  - Latin V
FAU - Hodzic, D
AU  - Hodzic D
FAU - Ilic-Forko, J
AU  - Ilic-Forko J
FAU - Babic, D
AU  - Babic D
FAU - Nola, M
AU  - Nola M
FAU - Jukic, S
AU  - Jukic S
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Croatia
TA  - Acta Med Croatica
JT  - Acta medica Croatica : casopis Hravatske akademije medicinskih znanosti
JID - 9208249
SB  - IM
MH  - *Blood Flow Velocity
MH  - Female
MH  - Fetal Growth Retardation/*pathology/physiopathology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infarction/pathology
MH  - Placenta/*blood supply/*pathology
MH  - Pre-Eclampsia/*pathology/physiopathology
MH  - Pregnancy
MH  - Rheology
MH  - Vascular Resistance
EDAT- 1997/01/01 00:00
MHDA- 1997/01/01 00:01
CRDT- 1997/01/01 00:00
PHST- 1997/01/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1997/01/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1997/01/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Acta Med Croatica. 1997;51(3):151-4.