Umbilical artery Doppler velocimetry waveform abnormality in fetal gastroschisis

J N Robinson; A Z Abuhamad; A T Evans

doi:10.1046/j.1469-0705.1997.10050356.x

Umbilical artery Doppler velocimetry waveform abnormality in fetal gastroschisis

Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 1997 Nov;10(5):356-8. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1997.10050356.x.

Authors

J N Robinson¹, A Z Abuhamad, A T Evans

Affiliation

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk.

PMID: 9444052
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1997.10050356.x

Abstract

Two cases of notching in the umbilical artery Doppler waveform in a pregnancy with gastroschisis are reported. The etiology of the abnormal Doppler pattern in relation to the displacement of the fetal stomach in this congenital abnormality is discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdominal Muscles / abnormalities*
Abdominal Muscles / diagnostic imaging*
Adult
Blood Flow Velocity
Female
Humans
Pregnancy
Regional Blood Flow
Ultrasonography, Doppler
Ultrasonography, Prenatal*
Umbilical Arteries / diagnostic imaging*
Umbilical Arteries / physiopathology*