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Aortic isthmus blood flow in fetuses of diabetic mothers.
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PMID:  22025282     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that the aortic isthmus flow index (IFI) is lower in fetuses of diabetic mothers than in fetuses of nondiabetic mothers. STUDY DESIGN: We performed a cross-sectional observational study to assess the IFI in fetuses, with (n = 13) and without (n = 37) myocardial hypertrophy, of mothers with diabetes mellitus and in fetuses of nondiabetic mothers (n = 23). Analysis of variance and Tukey test were used to assess differences among the groups. RESULTS: There were no differences in maternal or gestational age among the groups. In fetuses of diabetic mothers, the mean IFI in fetuses with myocardial hypertrophy was 1.19 ± 0.06, and in fetuses without it was 1.18 ± 0.09. The mean IFI in fetuses of nondiabetic mothers was 1.32 ± 0.07 (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The IFI in fetuses of diabetic mothers is lower than in fetuses of nondiabetic mothers, possibly as a result of a decreased left ventricular compliance. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Authors:
Paulo Zielinsky; Renato Frajndlich; Luiz Henrique Nicoloso; João Luiz Langer Manica; Antonio Luiz Piccoli; Marina Resener Morais; Luciano Bender; Júlia Silva; Patrícia Pizzato; Alexandre Naujorks
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Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-10-24
Journal Detail:
Title:  Prenatal diagnosis     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1097-0223     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Oct 
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Created Date:  2011-10-25     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8106540     Medline TA:  Prenat Diagn     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Affiliation:
Fetal Cardiology Unit, Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul/Fundação Universitária de Cardiologia (IC/FUC), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. zielinsky.pesquisa@cardiologia.org.br.
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