Middle cerebral artery peak systolic velocity in perinatal cytomegalovirus infection
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Mauro Schenone; Jose R. Duncan; Pedro S. Argoti; Giancarlo Mari
- Source
- Journal of Clinical Ultrasound. 47:372-375
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
Fetus
business.industry
Anemia
Congenital cytomegalovirus infection
Normal population
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
medicine.disease
Pathophysiology
030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging
Cytomegalovirus infection
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Fetal anemia
medicine.artery
Internal medicine
Middle cerebral artery
medicine
Cardiology
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
business
circulatory and respiratory physiology
- Language
- ISSN
- 1097-0096
0091-2751
A middle cerebral artery peak systolic velocity value (MCA-PSV) persistently greater than 1.5 times the median of the normal population is utilized to detect moderate and severe anemia in fetuses at risk. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common perinatal infection and can cause fetal anemia. We present four cases with CMV perinatal infection. Although their MCA-PSV values were the highest recorded in normal as well as in anemic fetuses, only two of them developed moderate or severe anemia. These findings suggest that high MCA-PSV values in cases with perinatal CMV infection may have a different pathophysiologic mechanism than anemia.