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February 11, 2018EchocardiographyOpen Access

Left ventricular function of patients with pregnancy‐induced hypertension evaluated using velocity vector imaging echocardiography and N‐terminal pro‐brain natriuretic peptide

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Why the study?

Does pregnancy-induced hypertension impair left ventricular systolic function evaluated by velocity vector imaging and NT-pro-BNP compared to healthy pregnancies?

Population

82 pregnant women, including 27 with gestational hypertension, 25 with preeclampsia, and 30 in the healthy…

Comparison

Pregnancy-induced hypertension vs Healthy control group (normotensive pregnancies)

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

From pregnancy to 3 months after delivery

Authors

LYLi YuQZQichang ZhouQPQinghai Peng

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Overview

PIH may subtly impair LV systolic function detectable by VVI; leaves open whether these changes warrant routine monitoring or predict outcomes.

Structured PICO

Does pregnancy-induced hypertension impair left ventricular systolic function evaluated by velocity vector imaging and NT-pro-BNP compared to healthy pregnancies?

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Population
82 pregnant women, including 27 with gestational hypertension, 25 with preeclampsia, and 30 in the healthy control group.
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Intervention
Pregnancy-induced hypertension (gestational hypertension and preeclampsia)
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Comparator
Healthy control group (normotensive pregnancies)
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Outcome
Left ventricular systolic function evaluated by velocity vector imaging (VVI) strain and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-pro-BNP) levelssurrogate

Pregnancy-induced hypertension, particularly preeclampsia, is associated with subclinical left ventricular systolic dysfunction detectable by velocity vector imaging and elevated NT-pro-BNP that persists up to 3 months postpartum.

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Yu et al. (2018) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a71a0da87f9210571284b63https://doi.org/10.1111/echo.13817
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