ABNORMAL DUCTUS VENOSUS FLOW AND TRICUSPID REGURGITATION AT 11-14 WEEKS' GESTATION HAVE HIGH POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUES FOR INCREASED RISK IN FIRST-TRIMESTER COMBINED SCREENING TEST: RESULTS OF A PILOT STUDY

Ozkaya O., SEZİK M. , Ozbasar D., Kaya H.

TAIWANESE JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY, vol.49, no.2, pp.145-150, 2010 (Journal Indexed in SCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 49 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/s1028-4559(10)60031-9
  • Title of Journal : TAIWANESE JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
  • Page Numbers: pp.145-150

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the relationship between two novel first-trimester ultrasound markers (abnormal fetal ductus venosus [DV] flow and presence of tricuspid regurgitation [TR]) and the results of the first-trimester combined screening test in pregnancies with a normal karyotype. The screening test involves nuchal translucency measurement by ultrasound, and measurement of serum free beta-chorionic gonadotropin and pregnancy-associated plasma protein A