Limitations of middle cerebral artery peak systolic velocity in the detection of severe anaemia: A case report

• Main Authors: J Rossouw (Author), A van Wyk (Author), C Wright (Author), L Geerts (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: South African Medical Association, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Doppler examination of the fetal middle cerebral artery (MCA) is considered highly reliable in detecting severe fetal anaemia. We present a case of a mother with severe pre-eclampsia at 32 weeks’ gestation and non-immune fetal hydrops without obvious cause. Since the MCA peak systolic velocity (P...