Why the study?
Does maternal echocardiography and uterine artery Doppler at 24 weeks' gestation predict fetal/maternal adverse outcomes in high-risk primigravidas?
Population
526 normotensive high-risk primigravidas with bilateral notching of the uterine artery Doppler at 20 to 22…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
until the end of pregnancy
Authors
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May support echocardiography-based risk stratification in high-risk pregnancies; leaves open prospective validation before clinical adoption.
Does maternal echocardiography and uterine artery Doppler at 24 weeks' gestation predict fetal/maternal adverse outcomes in high-risk primigravidas?
Elevated total vascular resistance and abnormal left ventricular geometry assessed by echocardiography at 24 weeks' gestation strongly predict maternal and fetal complications in high-risk primigravidas.
Vasapollo et al. (2008) studied this question.
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