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ArticleReproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)2025

Correlation Between Serum Markers and Midluteal Phase Doppler Assessment of Uterine Arterial Blood Flow in Unexplained Recurrent Pregnancy Loss.

Houqing Pang, Zhun Xiao, Zhongying Huang, Ouchan Hu

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Article in Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Predictive value and clinical treatment guidance of uterine artery blood flow parameters for recurrent pregnancy loss.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2026
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Houqing PangReproductive Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Zhun XiaoReproductive Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Zhongying HuangReproductive Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. huangzyhxyd@scu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-3346-4114
Ouchan HuReproductive Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.

Funding

Chengdu Municipal Science and Technology Program 2019-YF09-00210-SNNational Natural Science Foundation of China 81200453
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to determine changes in uterine artery Doppler parameters in unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss (URPL) and to explore serum markers possibly associated with them. This retrospective case-control study included 107 URPL women and 107 control women. The mean pulsatility index (PI), resistive index (RI), and systolic-to-diastolic values for uterine arteries in URPL women were significantly higher than those in the controls (P < 0.05). The cutoff values of PI and RI differentiating the women with URPL from the controls were confirmed by ROC and Youden's index. Given a PI cutoff value of 2.6, the prevalence of URPL was significantly elevated in the high-PI group (74.58%) compared with that in the low-PI group (40.65%, P < 0.0001), with sensitivity and specificity of 63% and 69%, respectively. With an RI cutoff value of 0.86, the prevalence of URPL in the high-RI group (65.28%) was significantly elevated compared with that in the low-RI group (42.25%, P = 0.001), with sensitivity and specificity of 66% and 75%, respectively. The levels of serum D-dimers and anticardiolipin antibody (ACA)-IgM in URPL women were significantly higher than those in the controls. A positive correlation existed between the levels of ACA-IgM and uterine artery RI in URPL women (r = 0.43, P < 0.01). These results indicated that URPL women may be at a relatively high risk of a prothrombotic state, and the increased ACA-IgM deserves attention for its role in the elevated uterine artery Doppler parameters in URPL women.

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Abortion, HabitualLuteal PhaseUterine ArteryAdultBiomarkersBlood Flow VelocityCase-Control StudiesFemaleHumansPregnancyPulsatile FlowRegional Blood FlowRetrospective StudiesUltrasonography, DopplerBiomarkersAnticardiolipin antibodyD-dimerDopplerRecurrent early pregnancy lossUltrasonographyUterine artery

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PMID39349797
PMCPMC11729203

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