1. Dual-Imaging Modality Approach to Evaluate Cerebral Hemodynamics in Growth-Restricted Fetuses: Oxygenation and Perfusion.
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Yadav, Brijesh Kumar, Hernandez-Andrade, Edgar, Krishnamurthy, Uday, Buch, Sagar, Jella, Pavan, Trifan, Anabela, Yeo, Lami, Hassan, Sonia S., Haacke, Ewart Mark, Romero, Roberto, Neelavalli, Jaladhar, Yadav, Brijesh Kumar, Hassan, Sonia S, and Haacke, Ewart Mark
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HIGH-risk pregnancy ,FETAL development ,FETAL brain ,HEMODYNAMICS ,FETUS - Abstract
Objective: To evaluate a dual-imaging modality approach to obtain a combined estimation of venous blood oxygenation (SνO2) using susceptibility-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (SWI-MRI), and blood perfusion using power Dopp-ler ultrasound (PDU) and fractional moving blood volume (FMBV) in the brain of normal growth and growth-restricted fetuses.Methods: Normal growth (n = 33) and growth-restricted fetuses (n = 10) from singleton pregnancies between 20 and 40 weeks of gestation were evaluated. MRI was performed and SνO2 was calculated using SWI-MRI data obtained in the straight section of the superior sagittal sinus. Blood perfusion was estimated using PDU and FMBV from the frontal lobe in a mid-sagittal plane of the fetal brain. The association between fetal brain SνO2 and FMBV, and the distribution of SνO2 and FMBV values across gestation were calculated for both groups.Results: In growth-restricted fetuses, the brain SνO2 values were similar, and the FMBV values were higher across gestation as compared to normal growth fetuses. There was a significantly positive association between SνO2 and FMBV values (slope = 0.38 ± 0.12; r = 0.7; p = 0.02) in growth-restricted fetuses. In normal growth fetuses, SνO2 showed a mild decreasing trend (slope = -0.7 ± 0.4; p = 0.1), whereas FMBV showed a mild increasing trend (slope = 0.2 ± 0.2; p = 0.2) with advancing gestation, and a mild but significant negative association (slope = -0.78 ± 0.3; r = -0.4; p = 0.04) between these two estimates.Conclusion: Combined MRI (SWI) and ultrasound (FMBV) techniques showed a significant association between cerebral blood oxygenation and blood perfusion in normal growth and growth-restricted fetuses. This dual-imaging approach could contribute to the early detection of fetal "brain sparing" and brain oxygen saturation changes in high-risk pregnancies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2020
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