Association between uterine artery Doppler velocimetry, placenta accreta spectrum, and depth of placental implantation

Elias Kassir, Edgar A. Hernandez‐Andrade, Donatella Gerulewicz‐Vannini, Neha Agarwal, Sarah T. Mehl, Eleazar E. Soto‐Torres, Ramesha Papanna, Sean C. Blackwell, Baha M. Sibai, Farah H. Amro · 2026

Read Association between uterine artery Doppler velocimetry, placenta accreta spectrum, and depth of placental implantation by Elias Kassir, Edgar A. Hernandez‐Andrade, Donatella Gerulewicz‐Vannini, Neha Agarwal, Sarah T. Mehl, Eleazar E. Soto‐Torres, Ramesha Papanna, Sean C. Blackwell, Baha M. Sibai, Farah H. Amro (2026) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-13520923.txt.

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Elias Kassir and co-authors check whether a sound-wave test of womb arteries can help predict a dangerous problem of the placenta in pregnancy. In that problem, the placenta grows too deeply into the wall of the womb and can cause heavy bleeding at birth. Patients at risk were referred to a specialist center for closer checks.

The team measured blood speed and flow patterns in the left and right womb arteries. They adjusted the readings for the stage of pregnancy and compared patients with and without the problem. They also looked at how deeply the placenta had grown and whether the test could warn of heavy bleeding during surgery. A simple scan that flags risk early could help teams plan safer births.

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CREATORElias Kassir, Edgar A. Hernandez‐Andrade, Donatella Gerulewicz‐Vannini, Neha Agarwal, Sarah T. Mehl, Eleazar E. Soto‐Torres, Ramesha Papanna, Sean C. Blackwell, Baha M. Sibai, Farah H. Amro
YEAR2026
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE30 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC13520923

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