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01-04-2015 | Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Strain elastography in placental dysfunction: placental elasticity differences in normal and preeclamptic pregnancies in the second trimester

Authors: Canan Cimsit, Tevfik Yoldemir, Ihsan Nuri Akpinar

Published in: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics | Issue 4/2015

Abstract

Purpose

The aim of this study is to determine if the Strain elastography (SE) of the placenta measured in the second trimester differs between normal pregnancies and pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia (PE).

Methods

219 singleton pregnancies who had routine anomaly scanning between the 20th and 23rd weeks of gestation were included in this observational study. Women with either posterior placentations (n = 63) or other obstetric pathologies (n = 12) were excluded from the study, leaving 144 pregnant women for the evaluation of strain ratio with SE. One hundred and one women with normal pregnancies and normal deliveries without any perinatal complications formed Group A. Twenty-eight patients who were clinically diagnosed with early onset PE before anomaly scanning formed Group B. Fifteen normotensive pregnant women with either mild proteinuria, and past history of preeclampsia during their previous pregnancies formed Group C. The strain ratios were compared between the groups.

Results

The strain ratio of Group B was significantly higher than those of Group A and Group C (p < 0.05).

Conclusions

The placental elasticity ratios measured by SE imaging during the second trimester differ between the normal pregnancies and the pregnancies complicated by PE. SE might be used as a supplement tool in addition to the existing methods for the prediction of PE.

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Title: Strain elastography in placental dysfunction: placental elasticity differences in normal and preeclamptic pregnancies in the second trimester
Authors: Canan Cimsit
Tevfik Yoldemir
Ihsan Nuri Akpinar
Publication date: 01-04-2015
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics / Issue 4/2015
Print ISSN: 0932-0067
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0711
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-014-3479-y

At a glance: The STEP trials

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Strain elastography in placental dysfunction: placental elasticity differences in normal and preeclamptic pregnancies in the second trimester

Abstract

Purpose

Methods

Results

Conclusions

At a glance: The STEP trials

Springer Medicine

Abstract

Purpose

Methods

Results

Conclusions

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