Doppler parameters of uterine and ovarian stromal blood flow in women with polycystic ovary syndrome and normally ovulating women undergoing controlled ovarian stimulation.

What Was Tested

This controlled clinical trial looks at Fertility Agents, Female.

Who Took Part

The age groups tagged for this paper are adults, women only.

Uterine and ovarian stromal arterial blood flow (with transvaginal color Doppler ultrasound) were measured in ten women with PCOS and 12 normo-ovulatory women (control group), undergoing gonadotropin stimulation before in vitro fertilization.

Resistance and pulsatility indices (RI and PI) of the uterine and ovarian stromal arteries were calculated before the onset of gonadotropin treatment, on cycle day 5 (after commencing treatment), day of human chorionic gonadotropin injection, day of ovum pick-up as well as on the day of embryo transfer, and 7 and 12 days later.

How the Study Was Run

A careful ovarian stimulation strategy was adopted for the study group in order to avoid ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome and achieve an ovarian response which was comparable to that of the control group.

What Was Measured

Topics PubMed links to this paper include Analysis of Variance, Blood Flow Velocity, Fertility Agents, Female, Hemodynamics, Hormones, Menotropins and Nafarelin.

What This Means in Plain Language

This is a controlled clinical trial of Fertility Agents, Female.

The abstract goes on to report its results in about 2 sentences; this page does not restate them, so read the paper for the findings and their limits.

The publication is from 1998 (Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology), a journal based in England.

More context: all human trials.