Re: ovarian artery req for PI, RI, PSV
From: patrizia (pellpatri@iol.it)
Mon Dec 5 06:44:25 2005
dear Karen
--
Patrizia, that's me, is the author of the article
when I started the studium I need some value of the uterine artery and
ovarian artery for comparison with the ones I found
Prof Kurjak sent me the basal values
bye dr patrizia
>----- Original Message -----
From: "karen archer" <karenarcher@students.gcccd.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ULTRASOUND" <ultrasound@dns.obgyn.net>
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 3:03 AM
Subject: Re: ovarian artery req for PI, RI, PSV
> At Thu, 14 Feb 2002, patrizia wrote:
>>
>>Hi colleagues
>>
>>does anyone tell me where I can find the pulsatility index, resistance
>>index
>>and systolic peak velocity average values for the ovarian artery in the
>>proliferative phase?
>>
>>thank you
>> Dr Patrizia
>
>>From (humrep.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/17/12/3208):
> Human Reproduction, Vol. 17, No. 12, 3208-3212, December 2002
> © 2002 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
> Colour Doppler analysis of ovarian and uterine arteries in women with
> hypoestrogenic amenorrhoea
> P. Pellizzari1, C. Esposito, F. Siliotti, S. Marchiori and M. Gangemi
>
> ..(abstract) A pulsed Doppler range gate was placed across each vessel,
> aiming for an angle of insonation close to 0° between the Doppler beam
> and the vessel. After detection of blood flow and visualization of the
> waveform of the uterine and ovarian arteries, four blood flow indices
> were automatically calculated: the pulsatility index (PI); the
> resistance index (RI); the peak systolic velocity (Vp, units of cm/s);
> and the end-diastolic velocity (Vd, units of cm/s). At least three
> consecutive correctly imaged blood flow velocity waveforms were
> analysed, and mean values of PI, RI, Vp and Vd calculated. No
> significant difference was observed between the right and left uterine
> arteries, or between the right and left ovarian arteries in the value of
> each vascular index. Thus, the uterine and ovarian artery of one side
> were selected for further analysis...
>
> Hope this helps,
> Karen Archer
> Vascular Sonography student,
> Grossmont Community College,
> El Cajon CA
>
