Study of Systolic/Diastolic Ratios of the Umbilical Artery Flow Velocity Waveforms in Pregnant Women.

ABSTRACT

Analysis of umbilical artery flow velocity waveforms of systolic/diastolic (S/D) ratio of 58 patients, who had accurately uncomplicated pregnancies with a normal spontaneous vaginal delivery, were studied. This study includes conventional ultrasonography, color flow mapping and duplex Doppler flow. There was a significant decrease in the S/D ratio over each week of the third trimester of pregnancy. The study present the mean, range and upper limit of the data obtained in this population.