Fetal aortic isthmus Doppler measurements for prediction of perinatal morbidity and mortality associated with fetal growth restriction.

Objective: To identify the role of longitudinal measurements of fetal aortic isthmus blood flow using Doppler ultrasonography in the prediction of perinatal morbidity and mortality.

Setting: Obstetrics department of a university hospital. POPULATION AND DESIGN: This prospective study includes women with fetal growth restriction and abnormal umbilical artery Doppler results, seen between November 2009 and January 2011.