Authors: C Battaglia N Persico F Mancini P De Iaco Paolo Busacchi F Facchinetti D de Aloysio
Publish Date: 2006/06/14
Volume: 23, Issue: 5, Pages: 213-222
Abstract
Methods Thirtyeight women on the basis of impedance to flow at the level of uterine artery evaluated on the first day of COH were divided in patients with normal Pulsatility Index—PI ≤25 Group I n=11 and elevated PI 25 Group II n=27 PI values The patients were submitted to hormonal ultrasonographic and Doppler evaluations Plasma and follicular fluid concentrations of nitrites/nitrate NO2 −/NO3 − were assayedResults In the Group I the impedance to flow remained lower than in Group II and was associated to good quality embryos and to a higher pregnancy rate Follicular fluid NO2 −/NO3 − levels were inversely correlated with the embryo quality The uterine artery PI and the pregnancy rate were inversely correlated The PIs analysed on the day 1 of stimulation were positively correlated with those registered on day 8 and on the day of ovum pickup
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