Why the study?
Most speckle tracking echocardiographic studies have targeted left ventricular mechanics, with no data regarding left atrial phasic function in pregnancy and particularly in gestational hypertension.
Population
Women with gestational hypertension and age-matched normotensive pregnant women
Comparison
Gestational hypertension vs age-matched normotensive pregnancy
Design
Echocardiographic comparative study
Follow-up
1-year follow-up
Authors
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May support enhanced BP surveillance in pregnancy; leaves open whether early intervention alters long-term maternal cardiovascular risk.
Key points are not available for this paper at this time.
Cuspidi et al. (2019) studied this question.