Why the study?
Does a history of pre-eclampsia associate with impaired arterial distensibility and endothelium-dependent dilatation in young normotensive women?
Population
55 nonpregnant, normotensive women, including 15 nulliparous, 20 with a previous normotensive pregnancy, and…
Comparison
History of pre-eclampsia vs Nulliparous women and women with a previous…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Does not yet support practice changes in normotensive women; leaves open predictive value for later cardiovascular events.
Does a history of pre-eclampsia associate with impaired arterial distensibility and endothelium-dependent dilatation in young normotensive women?
A history of pre-eclampsia is associated with persistent subclinical generalized arterial dysfunction, including decreased arterial distensibility and endothelium-dependent dilatation.
Páez et al. (2009) studied this question.
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