Effect of maternal autoimmune diseases on fetal pulmonary artery Doppler indices: A case-control study.

Deniz Oluklu Muradiye Yildirim Dilek Menekse BeserDerya Uyan HendemEsra Gulen YildizOzgur KaraAtakan TanacanDilek Sahin

Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2023)

Fetal pulmonary artery Doppler indices may be affected in maternal autoimmune diseases. Further studies are needed to evaluate fetal pulmonary Doppler indices such as AT and AT/ET ratio to predict neonatal respiratory morbidity and lung maturation in pregnant women with SLE, SS, and APS.

Keyphrases

pulmonary artery
pulmonary hypertension
coronary artery
pulmonary arterial hypertension
blood flow
systemic lupus erythematosus
birth weight
pregnant women
rheumatoid arthritis
body mass index
respiratory tract
preterm birth