Major Finding: Abdominal aortic intima media thickness was significantly greater in infants with IUGR than in controls, as was blood pressure, in one small study. In a second study of 59 IUGR fetuses, fetal ultrasonographic cardiovascular indices were significantly worse in the fetuses that died compared with survivors.
Data Source: The first study involved 25 infants with IUGR and 25 controls, while the second included 59 IUGR fetuses, in which the 8 fetuses that died were compared with survivors.
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