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Doppler Sonography in Early Pregnancy

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This chapter provides a review of the three major areas of the use of Doppler ultrasound imaging for fetal and maternal risk assessment in early pregnancy. Ductus venosus and tricuspid flow assessments have now become an essential part of prenatal diagnostic workup in the first trimester. Uterine artery Doppler offers early prediction of preeclampsia and other pregnancy complications that can lead to prevention of some of these disorders through prophylactic therapeutics such as low-dose aspirin. Further research in this field holds exciting opportunities for improving perinatal care and outcome.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Truman Medical Center, UMKC School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, USA

    Dev Maulik MD, PhD, FACOG, FRCOG

  2. Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA

    Dev Maulik MD, PhD, FACOG, FRCOG

  3. Women’s Health, Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, TMC Medical Centers, 2301 Holmes, Kansas City, MO, 64108, USA

    Dev Maulik MD, PhD, FACOG, FRCOG

  4. Fetal Health Center, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA

    Timothy L. Bennett MD

  5. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UMKC School of Medicine, 2401 Gilham Road, Kansas City, MO, 64108, USA

    Timothy L. Bennett MD

  6. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Truman Medical Center, 2301 Holmes Street, Kansas City, MO, 64108, USA

    Blake Porter MD & Shilpa Babbar MBBS

  7. University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, KS, 66160, USA

    Devika Maulik MD

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Maulik, D., Bennett, T.L., Porter, B., Babbar, S., Maulik, D. (2016). Doppler Sonography in Early Pregnancy. In: Abramowicz, J. (eds) First-Trimester Ultrasound. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20203-7_12

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