Abstract
The effect of total umbilical cord occlusion upon maternal blood flow in the internal iliac and median uterine arteries was studied in eight chronically instrumented pregnant sheep. Occlusion of the umbilical cord was performed with an inflatable balloon occluder around the total cord. Blood flow was measured with electromagnetic flow transducers. Total umbilical cord occlusion of short duration (mean 40.1 s) caused a significant decrease in the maternal internal iliac and median uterine arteries at the end of the occlusion to respectively 93.9% and 91.7% of the control values. The decrease in internal iliac and median uterine artery blood flow is attributed to an elevated fetal capillary pressure in the placenta, leading to an increased fetal placental tissue pressure which in turn compresses the maternal placental capillaries, resulting in a heightened vascular resistance and a decrease in uterine blood flow.
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