Evaluation of cardiac contractility of fetuses from pregestational diabetes mellitus pregnancies by three-dimensional ultrasound.
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992)
; 70(2): e20230700, 2024.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
This study aimed to evaluate cardiac contractility in fetuses from pregestational diabetes mellitus pregnancies by three-dimensional ultrasound using spatiotemporal image correlation in rendering mode.METHODS:
A retrospective cross-sectional study was performed on 40 fetuses from nondiabetic pregnancies and 28 pregestational diabetic pregnancies between 20 and 33 weeks and 6 days. Cardiac contractility was assessed by measuring the ventricular myocardial area in diastole subtracted from the ventricular myocardial area in systole.RESULTS:
Pregestational diabetic pregnancies had a lower maternal age than nondiabetic pregnancies (26.7 vs. 39.9 years, p=0.019). Cardiac contractility in fetuses from diabetic and nondiabetic pregnancies was similar (p=0.293). A moderately positive and significant correlation was observed between gestational age and cardiac contractility (r=0.46, p=0.0004). A 1-week increase in gestational age was responsible for a 0.1386 cm2 increase in cardiac contractility.CONCLUSION:
Cardiac contractility as evaluated by three-dimensional ultrasound using spatiotemporal image correlation in rendering mode showed no significant differences across fetuses with and without pregestational diabetes.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pregnancy in Diabetics
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Diabetes Mellitus
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Language:
En
Journal:
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992)
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Country of publication:
Brazil