Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-10-2019

DOI

10.1055/s-0039-1697585

Publication Title

American Journal of Perinatology

Pages

7 pp.

Abstract

Objective: This study aims to compare completion rates and reproducibility of myocardial performance index (MPI) using conventional spectral Doppler versus tissue Doppler in an unselected high-risk third trimester population.

Study Design: This was a prospective cross-sectional study of high-risk pregnancies at ≥28 + 0 weeks’ gestation. Conventional spectral and tissue Doppler MPI of the left ventricle (LV) and right ventricle (RV) was attempted on all patients.

Results: Seventy-nine pregnancies were evaluated. LV tissue Doppler MPI was completed more frequently than LV conventional spectral Doppler MPI (63/79, 79.7% vs. 45/79, 55.7%), p-value

Conclusion: Tissue Doppler had statistically higher completion rates than conventional spectral Doppler, including the obese subgroup, with evidence of strong reproducibility in the third trimester.

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Original Publication Citation

Porche, L. M., Sinkovskaya, E., Seaman, R. D., Galadima, H., Romary, L., Philips, J., & Abuhamad, A. (2019). Fetal myocardial performance Index in the third trimester of pregnancy: Feasibility and reproducibility of conventional spectral doppler versus spectral tissue doppler technique. American Journal of Perinatology. https://doi.org/ 10.1055/s-0039-1697585

ORCID

0000-0003-1588-3929 (Galadima)

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