Deniz Oluklu, Muradiye Yildirim, Dilek Menekse Beser, Derya Uyan Hendem, Esra Gulen Yildiz, Ozgur Kara, Atakan Tanacan, Dilek Sahin
OBJECTIVE: To compare the fetal pulmonary artery Doppler indices of pregnant women with autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Sjögren's syndrome (SS), and antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) with healthy pregnant women. METHODS: Thirty-nine pregnancies were included in the case group, 19 of them SLE, 12 with SS, and eight with APS. The gestational age-matched 54 healthy pregnant women were included in the control group. Peak systolic velocity, time-averaged velocity, systolic/diastolic ratio, pulsatility index, resistance index, acceleration time (AT), ejection time (ET), and AT/ET ratio were obtained from pulmonary artery waveform by using spectral Doppler ultrasound...
January 6, 2023: Echocardiography