Characterizing placental stiffness using ultrasound shear-wave elastography in healthy and preeclamptic pregnancies.

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Michail SpiliopoulosPeter C W Kim

Abstract

To measure the stiffness of the placenta in healthy and preeclamptic patients in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy using ultrasound shear-wave elastography (SWE). We also aimed to evaluate the effect of age, gestational age, gravidity, parity and body mass index (BMI) on placental stiffness and a possible correlation of stiffness with perinatal outcomes. In a case-control study, we recruited a total of 47 singleton pregnancies in the second and third trimesters of which 24 were healthy and 23 were diagnosed with preeclampsia. In vivo placental stiffness was measured once at the time of recruitment for each patient. Pregnancies with posterior placentas, multiple gestation, gestational hypertension, chronic hypertension, diabetes, autoimmune disease, fetal growth restriction and congenital anomalies were excluded. The mean placental stiffness was significantly higher in preeclamptic pregnancies compared to controls in the third trimester (difference of means = 16.8; 95% CI (9.0, 24.5); P < 0.001). There were no significant differences in placental stiffness between the two groups in the second trimester or between the severe preeclampsia and preeclampsia without severe features groups (difference of means = 9.86; 95% C...Continue Reading

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