Reproducibility of first trimester three-dimensional placental measurements. 2016

Elena Cabezas López, and Cristina Martínez-Payo, and Virginia Engels Calvo, and Luis San Frutos Llorente, and Tirso Pérez-Medina
Hospital Puerta de Hierro-Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: elena.cabezas@hotmail.com.

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess intra and interobserver reproducibility of placental volume and vascularization during the first trimester of pregnancy studied by three dimensional ultrasonography and angio power Doppler. METHODS This is a prospective study in 69 singleton pregnancies. Once the bi-dimensional protocol study was carried out, we performed a 3D-US (three-dimensional ultrasonography) of the placenta by abdominal ultrasonography. The Virtual Organ Computer-Aided Analysis program was used to evaluate the placental volume (PV), the placental quotient (PQ: placental volume/crown-rump length) and the vascular indices (vascularization index VI, flow index FI and vascularization-flow index VFI). The intraobserver and interobserver variability were respectively expressed as an intraclass correlation coefficient (Intra-CC) and interclass correlation coefficient (inter-CC). RESULTS Intraobserver correlation for PV was excellent with an Intra-CC of 0.97 while an Inter-CC of 0.71 demonstrated less agreement between observers. In the same way, PQ showed better intraobserver than interobserver correlation, with an Intra-CC of 0.97 and an inter-CC of 0.67. The analyzed vascular indices had both excellent intraobserver and interobserver correlation coefficients, with values of 0.98 and 0.96 for VI, 0.93 and 0.89 for FI and 0.97 and 0.95 for VFI, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Our study demonstrate an excellent intra and inter-observer reproducibility for vascular indices and a good reproducibility of the evaluated Doppler indices with intra-CC higher than 0.90. PV and PQ were also reproducible most of all within the same observer. As a conclusion, first trimester tridimensional sonography is a reproducible tool for the systematic study of placental vascularization.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010920 Placenta A highly vascularized mammalian fetal-maternal organ and major site of transport of oxygen, nutrients, and fetal waste products. It includes a fetal portion (CHORIONIC VILLI) derived from TROPHOBLASTS and a maternal portion (DECIDUA) derived from the uterine ENDOMETRIUM. The placenta produces an array of steroid, protein and peptide hormones (PLACENTAL HORMONES). Placentoma, Normal,Placentome,Placentas,Placentomes
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D011261 Pregnancy Trimester, First The beginning third of a human PREGNANCY, from the first day of the last normal menstrual period (MENSTRUATION) through the completion of 14 weeks (98 days) of gestation. Early Placental Phase,Pregnancy, First Trimester,Trimester, First,Early Placental Phases,First Pregnancy Trimester,First Pregnancy Trimesters,First Trimester,First Trimester Pregnancies,First Trimester Pregnancy,First Trimesters,Phase, Early Placental,Phases, Early Placental,Placental Phase, Early,Placental Phases, Early,Pregnancies, First Trimester,Pregnancy Trimesters, First,Trimesters, First
D011446 Prospective Studies Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group. Prospective Study,Studies, Prospective,Study, Prospective
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D015203 Reproducibility of Results The statistical reproducibility of measurements (often in a clinical context), including the testing of instrumentation or techniques to obtain reproducible results. The concept includes reproducibility of physiological measurements, which may be used to develop rules to assess probability or prognosis, or response to a stimulus; reproducibility of occurrence of a condition; and reproducibility of experimental results. Reliability and Validity,Reliability of Result,Reproducibility Of Result,Reproducibility of Finding,Validity of Result,Validity of Results,Face Validity,Reliability (Epidemiology),Reliability of Results,Reproducibility of Findings,Test-Retest Reliability,Validity (Epidemiology),Finding Reproducibilities,Finding Reproducibility,Of Result, Reproducibility,Of Results, Reproducibility,Reliabilities, Test-Retest,Reliability, Test-Retest,Result Reliabilities,Result Reliability,Result Validities,Result Validity,Result, Reproducibility Of,Results, Reproducibility Of,Test Retest Reliability,Validity and Reliability,Validity, Face
D016216 Ultrasonography, Prenatal The visualization of tissues during pregnancy through recording of the echoes of ultrasonic waves directed into the body. The procedure may be applied with reference to the mother or the fetus and with reference to organs or the detection of maternal or fetal disease. Fetal Ultrasonography,Prenatal Diagnosis, Ultrasonic,Ultrasonography, Fetal,Diagnosis, Prenatal Ultrasonic,Diagnosis, Ultrasonic Prenatal,Prenatal Ultrasonic Diagnosis,Prenatal Ultrasonography,Ultrasonic Diagnosis, Prenatal,Ultrasonic Prenatal Diagnosis,Diagnoses, Prenatal Ultrasonic,Diagnoses, Ultrasonic Prenatal,Prenatal Diagnoses, Ultrasonic,Prenatal Ultrasonic Diagnoses,Ultrasonic Diagnoses, Prenatal,Ultrasonic Prenatal Diagnoses

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