O. Gómez

Reference ranges for uterine artery mean pulsatility index at 11–41 weeks of gestation

To construct gestational age (GA)‐based reference ranges for the uterine artery (UtA) mean pulsatility index (PI) at 11–41 weeks of pregnancy.

Uterine artery Doppler at 11–14 weeks of gestation to screen for hypertensive disorders and associated complications in an unselected population

To establish reference values for the first‐trimester uterine artery (UtA) pulsatility index (PI) and to investigate the role of UtA Doppler in the early prediction of hypertensive disorders and their associated complications in an unselected Mediterranean population.

Sequential changes in uterine artery blood flow pattern between the first and second trimesters of gestation in relation to pregnancy outcome.

To describe sequential changes in uterine artery waveform between the first and second trimesters of gestation and to analyze their association with the subsequent risk of hypertensive disorders and fetal growth restriction (IUGR).

Another look at cross-language competition in bilingual speech production: Lexical and phonological factors

How does lexical selection function in highly-proficient bilingual speakers? What is the role of the non-response language during the course of lexicalization? Evidence of cross-language interference was obtained by Hermans, Bongaerts, De Bot and Schreuder (1998) using the picture-word interference paradigm: participants took longer to name the picture when it appeared with a word phonologically related to the targets translation than when it was accompanied by a control (phono-translation interference). Here we report two picture-word interference experiments that explored whether the same pattern of interference is present for highly-proficient bilinguals producing speech in L2. The results of the two experiments partially replicate those of Hermans et al. (1998), revealing the reliability of the phono-translation effect. We discuss some possible loci of this effect during the lexicalization process, and its implications for models of bilinguals speech production.

Increased susceptibility to low density lipoprotein oxidation in women with a history of pre-eclampsia

Objectives To evaluate the susceptibility to oxidation of low density lipoprotein (LDL) in women with a history of pre‐eclampsia.

Accuracy of four-dimensional spatiotemporal image correlation echocardiography in the prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart defects

To evaluate the accuracy of four‐dimensional (4D) spatiotemporal image correlation (STIC) echocardiography for the diagnosis of fetal congenital heart disease (CHD) in a selected high‐risk population.

Value of annular M-mode displacement vs tissue Doppler velocities to assess cardiac function in intrauterine growth restriction

To compare the ability of two different methods for longitudinal annular motion measurement, M‐mode and tissue Doppler imaging (TDI), to demonstrate cardiac dysfunction in intrauterine‐growth‐restricted (IUGR) fetuses.

Predictors of neonatal morbidity in fetuses with severe isolated congenital diaphragmatic hernia undergoing fetoscopic tracheal occlusion

To investigate neonatal morbidity in fetuses with severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) treated with fetoscopic endoluminal tracheal occlusion (FETO) and compare it with historical controls with less severe forms of CDH that were managed expectantly.

Reference ranges for Doppler parameters of the fetal aortic isthmus during the second half of pregnancy

To establish reference ranges for blood flow velocity waveforms (FVW) of the fetal aortic isthmus (AoI) during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy.

Doppler assessment of fetal aortic isthmus blood flow in two different sonographic planes during the second half of gestation.

To compare the reliability of Doppler blood flow measurements of the fetal aortic isthmus (AoI) according to whether the sampling plane is obtained from the traditional longitudinal aortic arch (LAA) view or the more recently described three vessels and trachea (3VT) view of the fetal upper mediastinum.