A correlation of the uterine and ovarian blood flows with parity of nonpregnant women having a history of recurrent spontaneous abortions

The aim of this prospective study was to explore the relationship between t he incidence of recurrent spontaneous abortions (RSA) and values of Doppler indices characterizing the uterine and ovarian flows in nonpregnant women with a history of primary and secondary RSA using color, power and pulsed D oppler transvaginal ultrasonography. A total of 19 healthy women as a contr ol group A and 81 women with a history of RSA as a study group B were exami ned on the 21st day of a regular menstrual cycle. Our study demonstrated th e presence of significantly decreased uterine and ovarian blood flows in wo men with primary and secondary RSA if more than 3 abortions had occurred. T he obtained values were less favorable in the primary RSA compared with the secondary RSA cases. Copyright (C) 2001 S. Karger AG, Basel.