High Risk Prenatal Care Group, Brazil
Dr. Paulo Henrique Barros Valente is a researcher Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Juiz de Fora, Brazi. He has numerous publications and Clinical Research in areas of Gynecology and Obstetrics.
Research Article
The Role Played by Salicylic Acid and Omega 3 in the Placental Vascular Resistance Mechanism: A Pilot Study
Author(s): Alice Campos Batista, Barbara Caetano Ribeiro, Bia Drummond Paiva, LaÃ?Âs Mapa de Brito Fernandes, Luiza Cotta Xavier, Maria Paula Ferreira Arcuri, Clarissa Rocha Panconi, Alexander Cangussu Silva, Mariana Pinto Sirimarco, Larissa Milani Coutinho, PatrÃ?Âcia de Oliveira Lima, Gabriel Duque Pannain, Iasmin Dantas Sakr Khouri, Paula Silveira Mendes, Miralva Aurora GalvÃ?£o Carvalho, Paulo Henrique Barros Valente, Marcus Gomes Bastos and Juliana Barroso Zimmermmann*
Introduction: Doppler flowmetry of uterine arteries allows identifying women at risk of developing preeclampsia (PE), mainly early preeclampsia; it also facilitates the timely use of prophylaxis. Minidose Acetylsalicylic Acid (ASA) can help preventing/delaying preeclampsia development, as well as reducing its severity and the risk of complications. However, not all patients can use this medication; therefore, it is necessary finding clinical alternatives for pregnant women who do not tolerate ASA, as well as evaluating the possibility of increasing this prophylaxis with new drugsthe use of omega 3 is one of these alternatives. Thus, it is possible assuming that omega use by pregnant women could reduce the vascular resistance of uterine arteries and facilitate placentation. The aim of the current study is to evaluate uterine artery resistance and pulsatility indices, a.. View more»