When Alan Gilchrist was a medical student, he found it difficult to understand the well-established accounts of the foetal circulation. Many years later, when he found a small heart in a hospital ...

Preeclampsia is a leading cause of intrauterine growth restriction and preterm birth. Endothelial dysfunction is the common final pathway leading to clinical signs of preeclampsia including ...

Leipzig, Germany - 10 December 2016: Blood flows preferentially to the placenta instead of the brain in foetuses of mothers with diabetes, reveals research presented today at EuroEcho-Imaging 2016.1 ...

Mathematicians are coupling mathematical models with information about a baby's physiology inside the womb. Combining ultrasound with powerful algorithms based on real-life data, pediatricians get ...

Persistent Fetal Circulation. Rostal-caudal MRA projection. A number of individuals have a normal anatomic variant known as a persistent fetal circulation, where the posterior cerebral artery (PCA) ...

Foetuses have evidence of particulate matter from air pollution in their lungs, brains and livers before they are even born, according to a study from the University of Aberdeen and Hasselt University ...

Although the problem of whether foetuses are able to feel pain or not is still controversial, experts at the University Hospital Virgen del Rocío in Seville have recently published a study in which ...

Doctors in Ho Chi Minh City have successfully performed Vietnam’s first officially approved fetal heart procedure, completing ...

Pregnancy brings significant circulatory changes, often causing blood pressure dips, especially in early trimesters. While mild hypotension is usually harmless, persistent low readings with symptoms ...