AMI
Applied Medical Informatics

The Official Journal of the Romanian Society for Applied Medical Informatics
SRIMA

Applied Medical Informatics 2003;12(1-2): 61-65.

Morphometric Study of Placental Vessels and Correlation of Results with Doppler Examination at the Level of Fetal Umbilical Arteries, in Pregnancies Complicated by Preeclampsia

Carmen Mihaela Mihu*, D. Mihu**

*Department of Histology, "Iuliu Haţieganu" UMF Cluj-Napoca; **Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology II, "Iuliu Haţieganu" UMF Cluj-Napoca

 

Abstract

In pregnancies with normal evolution, during the second and third pregnancy trimesters, an increase in the uteroplacental flow is found, which is shown by a decrease in the IR at the level of umbilical arteries. This phenomenon is correlated with a decrease in the wall thickness of arteries from third order stem villi. These changes ensure an efficient materno-fetal gas exchange.

Keywords: placental morphology, fetoplacental hemodynamics, ultrasonographic examination. 

 
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