Why the study?
Does the combination of pregnancy and arterial hypertension synergistically increase the risk of myocardial hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction in women?
Population
193 women divided into 4 groups: hypertensive pregnant, normotensive pregnant, hypertensive nonpregnant, and…
Comparison
Pregnancy in the setting of arterial hypertension vs Normotensive pregnant, hypertensive nonpregnant…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May warrant echocardiographic assessment in hypertensive pregnancies; cross-sectional data leaves open causal and prognostic implications.
Does the combination of pregnancy and arterial hypertension synergistically increase the risk of myocardial hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction in women?
Hypertension and pregnancy have a synergistic prohypertrophic effect on the heart, significantly increasing the risk of myocardial hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction in women.
Bazan et al. (2013) studied this question.
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