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Medical AI Inquiry: You was designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.  Labels: BACKGROUND, METHODS, RESULTS. Meshes: Adult, Chorionic Gonadotropin, Embryo Implantation, Embryo Transfer, Female, Fertilization in Vitro, Hormones, Humans, Infertility, Female, Oocytes, Ovary, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Rate, Prospective Studies, Reproduction.
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Is the 3D vascular status of the follicle after HCG administration qualitatively rather than quantitatively associated with its reproductive competence? Context: The objective of this study was to determine whether the vascular status of a single pre-ovulatory follicle is associated quantitatively and/or qualitatively with its reproductive competence. We studied 61 monofollicular IVF-embryo transfer cycles. Just before single oocyte retrieval, follicle vascularization was detected by transvaginal power-Doppler, 3-dimensionally reconstructed, and analysed quantitatively by coloured/gray voxel ratio [vascularization index (VI)] and qualitatively by blood cell displacement [flow index (FI)] calculation. Cycles were sorted in two sets of two groups: low VI (<or=8%, n = 44) and high VI (>8%, n = 17); low FI (<or=30, n = 22) and high FI (>30, n = 39). Patients' characteristics, fertilization rates, and embryo morphology were comparable in all groups. In contrast, clinical pregnancy rates/oocyte retrieval (4% versus 33%, P < 0.009) and implantation rates (11% versus 50%, P < 0.04) were markedly poorer in the low as compared to the high FI groups, respectively, but remained similar between the low and the high VI groups (22% versus 23% and 38% versus 44%, respectively).
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A qualitative (FI) rather than quantitative (VI) relationship exists between vascular status and functional quality of the follicle after HCG administration. Final Decision: yes