Postpartum placental CT angiography in normal pregnancies and in those complicated by diabetes mellitus

This study demonstrates, that in insulin treated DM pregnancies the fetus as well as the placenta is larger than normal. However, despite a large placenta, a relatively smaller fetoplacental vascular volume supplies the macrosomic fetus. This finding might explain why fetuses from insulin treated DM pregnancies have high vulnerability to intrauterine and intrapartum asphyxia.