Early diagnosis of tubal pregnancy: changes in tubal blood flow evaluated by endovaginal color Doppler sonography. 1993

H C Kirchler, and S Seebacher, and A A Alge, and E Müller-Holzner, and S Fessler, and D Kölle
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Innsbruck, Austria.

OBJECTIVE To improve the accuracy and speed of diagnosis of an ectopic tubal pregnancy by means of blood flow analysis in the tubal arteries. We hypothesized that invasion of the trophoblast increases blood flow in the tubal artery involved in ectopic pregnancy. METHODS In 394 patients, using an endovaginal triplex color Doppler ultrasonography system, we performed qualitative blood flow analysis in the tubal arteries on both sides. The percentage of the between-side difference in tubal blood flow was calculated. RESULTS There was an increase in tubal blood flow on the ectopic pregnancy side, and the mean between-side difference in tubal blood flow was 20.45% in the ectopic pregnancy group. In the control groups, the between-side difference was 2.95% (t = 21.5, P < .00001). Using a cutoff point of 8% for the percentage of the between-side difference in tubal blood flow, the method had a sensitivity of 85% and a specificity of 96% for diagnosing an ectopic pregnancy. The percentage of the between-side difference in tubal blood flow was independent of gestational age (Pearson correlation coefficient 0.081). CONCLUSIONS The advantages of this new method for diagnosing tubal pregnancy are early detection, noninvasivity, and immediate results.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
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
D011274 Pregnancy, Tubal The most common (>96%) type of ectopic pregnancy in which the extrauterine EMBRYO IMPLANTATION occurs in the FALLOPIAN TUBE, usually in the ampullary region where FERTILIZATION takes place. Tubal Pregnancy,Pregnancies, Tubal,Tubal Pregnancies
D012039 Regional Blood Flow The flow of BLOOD through or around an organ or region of the body. Blood Flow, Regional,Blood Flows, Regional,Flow, Regional Blood,Flows, Regional Blood,Regional Blood Flows
D005187 Fallopian Tubes A pair of highly specialized canals extending from the UTERUS to its corresponding OVARY. They provide the means for OVUM transport from the ovaries and they are the site of the ovum's final maturation and FERTILIZATION. The fallopian tube consists of an interstitium, an isthmus, an ampulla, an infundibulum, and fimbriae. Its wall consists of three layers: serous, muscular, and an internal mucosal layer lined with both ciliated and secretory cells. Oviducts, Mammalian,Salpinges, Uterine,Salpinx, Uterine,Uterine Salpinges,Uterine Salpinx,Fallopian Tube,Uterine Tubes,Mammalian Oviduct,Mammalian Oviducts,Oviduct, Mammalian,Tube, Fallopian,Tube, Uterine,Tubes, Fallopian,Tubes, Uterine,Uterine Tube
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
D000704 Analysis of Variance A statistical technique that isolates and assesses the contributions of categorical independent variables to variation in the mean of a continuous dependent variable. ANOVA,Analysis, Variance,Variance Analysis,Analyses, Variance,Variance Analyses

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