The impact of maternal obesity on midtrimester sonographic visualization of fetal cardiac and craniospinal structures.
I HendlerS C BlackwellE BujoldM C TreadwellH M WolfeR J SokolY SorokinPublished in: International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity (2005)
Maternal obesity increases the rate of SUV for the fetal cardiac structures by 49.8% and for the craniospinal structures by 31%. The optimal gestational age for visualization of fetal cardiac and craniospinal anatomy in obese patients may be after 18-20 weeks.
Keyphrases
- birth weight
- gestational age
- obese patients
- weight gain
- weight loss
- bariatric surgery
- insulin resistance
- metabolic syndrome
- left ventricular
- high resolution
- type diabetes
- preterm birth
- roux en y gastric bypass
- high fat diet induced
- gastric bypass
- pregnancy outcomes
- body mass index
- pregnant women
- atrial fibrillation
- physical activity