Eun-Saem Choi, Hwasun Lee, Se Jin Lee, Young Mi Jung, Ho Yeon Kim, Seung Mi Lee, Kyung A Lee, Hyun-Joo Seol, Hyun Sun Ko, Sung Hun Na, Dong Wook Kwak, Han-Sung Hwang, Sooran Choi, Soon-Cheol Hong, Hye-Sung Won, Suk Young Kim, Hai-Joong Kim, Ki Hoon Ahn
Fetal growth restriction (FGR) is one of the leading causes of perinatal morbidity and mortality. Many studies have reported an association between FGR and fetal Doppler indices focusing on umbilical artery (UA), middle cerebral artery (MCA), and ductus venosus (DV). The uteroplacental-fetal circulation which affects the fetal growth consists of not only UA, MCA, and DV, but also umbilical vein (UV), placenta and uterus itself. Nevertheless, there is a paucity of large-scale cohort studies that have assessed the association between UV, uterine wall, and placental thickness with perinatal outcomes in FGR, in conjunction with all components of the uteroplacental-fetal circulation...
2024: PloS One