Key result
Low-dose aspirin in ART twin pregnancies linked to ~80% higher risk of hypertensive disorders.
Why the study?
Whether aspirin can effectively and safely reduce the risk of pregnancy complications in twin pregnancies conceived using assisted reproductive technology needed clarification.
Does low-dose aspirin reduce pregnancy complications in women with twin pregnancies conceived using ART?
Cohort (n=510)
No
Does low-dose aspirin reduce pregnancy complications in women with twin pregnancies conceived using ART?
Absolute Event Rate: 12.6% vs 7%
p-value: p=0.032
Low-dose aspirin reduces hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in ART-conceived twins but may increase the need for uterine artery embolization, highlighting the need for careful patient selection.
With the development of assisted reproductive technology, the number of twin pregnancies is increasing year by year. Given the increased risk of pregnancy complications associated with twin pregnancies, and the fact that these babies are rare and difficult to obtain through assisted reproductive technology, clinicians urgently need to find effective and safe drugs to improve pregnancy outcomes. Aspirin can not only promote placental blood supply, but also effectively anti-inflammatory. Whether aspirin can effectively reduce the risk of pregnancy complications in this special group needs to be clarified. We therefore retrospectively analyzed 665 twin pregnancies from assisted reproduction technology, grouped according to aspirin use, and followed pregnancy outcomes to assess bleeding risk. Aspirin was found to be effective in preventing hypertensive disorders of pregnancy without a significant risk of bleeding. However, aspirin does not prevent specific complication in twins and may increase the incidence of uterine artery embolization, which should alarm clinicians should not blindly using aspirin in this particular group.
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Huang et al. (2023) conducted a cohort in Twin pregnancies conceived using Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) (n=510). Low-dose aspirin vs. No aspirin was evaluated on Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (p=0.032). Low-dose aspirin use in twin pregnancies conceived using ART was associated with a 12.6% incidence of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy compared to 7.0% in the control group (p=0.032).
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