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September 17, 2009American Journal of HypertensionOpen Access

Left Ventricular Function in Gestational Hypertension: Serial Echocardiographic Study

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Why the study?

Does gestational hypertension alter left ventricular function and contractility during pregnancy compared to normotensive pregnancy?

Population

47 pregnant women, including 35 with gestational hypertension and 12 normotensive gestational age-matched…

Comparison

Gestational hypertension (observational exposure) vs Normotensive pregnancy

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

1 month after delivery

Authors

AVAlja Vlahović-StipacVSV. StankicZPZoran Popović

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Overview

Gestational hypertension was not associated with LV changes versus normotensive pregnancy; leaves open confirmation in larger prospective cohorts.

Structured PICO

Does gestational hypertension alter left ventricular function and contractility during pregnancy compared to normotensive pregnancy?

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Population
47 pregnant women, including 35 with gestational hypertension and 12 normotensive gestational age-matched controls
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Intervention
Gestational hypertension (observational exposure)
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Comparator
Normotensive pregnancy
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Outcome
Changes in echocardiographic parameters of LV systolic and diastolic function, longitudinal function (S'), contractility (Ees), and filling (E/E') measured in the second and third trimesters and 1 month after deliverysurrogate

Serial echocardiography demonstrates that gestational hypertension does not significantly impact left ventricular longitudinal function, filling, or contractility compared to normal pregnancy.

Cite This Study

Vlahović-Stipac et al. (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a211a2c38e3bbbbff02bc92https://doi.org/10.1038/ajh.2009.168
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