Cardiac function in fetuses of poorly-controlled pre-gestational diabetic pregnancies--a pilot study.
Gynecol Obstet Invest
; 56(2): 113-6, 2003.
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| ID: mdl-12939561
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Cardiac impairment is frequently found in babies of diabetic mothers. It is still controversial whether this is due to poor glucose control. The aim of this study is to compare the cardiac function in fetuses of well- and poorly-controlled pre-gestational diabetic pregnancy in third trimester.METHODS:
Women with type 1 pre-gestational diabetes were enrolled at 30-32 weeks. Cardiac size and interventricular septal wall thickness were measured by M-mode at end-diastolic phase. The right and left ventricular ejection fractions were calculated. At the mitral and tricuspid valves inflow, the ratio between early ventricular filling and active atrial filling (E/A) at both atrioventricular valves were measured by Doppler echocardiography. Peak velocities of ascending aorta and pulmonary artery were assessed. The angle of isonation was kept at <20 degrees. Women with poorly-controlled diabetes (HbA1c>6.5%) were compared with those with satisfactorily controlled diabetes (HbA1c < or = 6.5%).RESULTS:
A total of 21 women with pre-gestational diabetes were recruited for this study. Eight women with well-controlled diabetes were compared with 9 women who had poorly-controlled diabetes. HbA1c in the poorly-controlled group was 7.3% and in the well-controlled group it was 5.4% (p<0.001). There was no difference between the two groups in cardiac size, interventricular septal wall thickness, ejection fraction, aorta and pulmonary artery peak flow velocities. The right atrioventricular E/A ratio was significantly lower among the poorly-controlled diabetic pregnancies (0.71 vs. 0.54; p<0.05).CONCLUSION:
Fetuses of poorly-controlled diabetic mothers had a lower right atrioventricular E/A ratio. This may be due to metabolic acidosis, non-hypertrophic cardiac dysfunction or fetal polycythemia.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pregnancy in Diabetics
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
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Fetal Heart
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Language:
En
Journal:
Gynecol Obstet Invest
Year:
2003
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Australia