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a Chapter 16 Doppler Velocimetry of the Uteroplacental Circulation 239<br />

Fig. 16.16. Spiral (left), right<br />

uterine (top right), and left<br />

uterine (bottom right) artery<br />

velocity waveforms in a preeclamptic<br />

woman at 31 weeks'<br />

gestation. The right lateral placentation<br />

resulted in divergent<br />

uterine velocity waveforms,<br />

with the right uterine artery<br />

circulation much more compliant<br />

than that on the left<br />

R.I.<br />

1.0<br />

0.9<br />

0.8<br />

0.7<br />

0.6<br />

0.5<br />

0.4<br />

0.3<br />

Nonplacental Arcuate<br />

n = 614, mean<br />

5th and 95th confidence intervals<br />

0.2<br />

0.1<br />

16 18 20 22 24 26<br />

Gestation<br />

R.I.<br />

Placental Arcuate<br />

n = 614, mean<br />

1.0<br />

5th and 95th confidence intervals<br />

0.9<br />

0.8<br />

0.7<br />

0.6<br />

0.5<br />

0.4<br />

0.3<br />

0.2<br />

0.1<br />

16 18 20 22 24 26<br />

Gestation<br />

Fig. 16.17. Reference ranes of<br />

the uterine and arcuate resistance<br />

index, demonstrating<br />

the effect of placental site.<br />

(Reprinted from [34] with permission)<br />

R.I.<br />

1.0<br />

0.9<br />

0.8<br />

0.7<br />

0.6<br />

0.5<br />

0.4<br />

0.3<br />

0.2<br />

0.1<br />

Nonplacental Uterine<br />

n = 618, mean<br />

5th and 95th confidence intervals<br />

16 18 20 22 24 26<br />

Gestation<br />

R.I.<br />

1.0<br />

0.9<br />

0.8<br />

0.7<br />

0.6<br />

0.5<br />

0.4<br />

0.3<br />

Placental Uterine<br />

n = 618, mean<br />

5th and 95th confidence intervals<br />

0.2<br />

0.1<br />

16 18 20 22 24 26<br />

Gestation

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