Why the study?
How do maternal cardiovascular and endothelial functions change from the first trimester of pregnancy to six weeks postpartum?
How do maternal cardiovascular and endothelial functions change from the first trimester of pregnancy to six weeks postpartum?
Pregnancy induces significant sympathetic upregulation and decreased baroreflex sensitivity, with complex autonomic and endothelial changes persisting into the postpartum period.
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These autonomic shifts may signal postpartum vulnerability; hypothesis-generating for targeted maternal CV monitoring.
Kolovetsiou-Kreiner et al. (2018) studied this question.
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