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February 13, 2019International Journal of Innovative Research in Medical ScienceOpen Access

Echocardiographic Heart Changes in Pregnancies Complicated with Gestation Hypertension and Preeclampsia

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Why the study?

The study aimed to evaluate whether specific cardiac changes in pregnancies complicated by gestational hypertension and preeclampsia are abnormal and necessitate further follow-up.

Does gestational hypertension or preeclampsia cause persistent echocardiographic structural and functional heart changes compared to normotensive pregnancies?

Population

81 pregnant patients

Comparison

Gestational hypertension or preeclampsia vs normotensive pregnancies

Follow-up

6 months after delivery

Authors

IKIvo KjaevUniversity Clinic of TraumatologyDMDaniel MilkovskiUniversity Clinic of TraumatologyDKDafina KaradjovaUniversity Clinic of Traumatology

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Overview

Persistent echo changes after hypertensive pregnancy support closer postpartum monitoring; Level 3 data leaves open causality and optimal surveillance.

Structured PICO

Does gestational hypertension or preeclampsia cause persistent echocardiographic structural and functional heart changes compared to normotensive pregnancies?

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Population
81 pregnant women, including 51 with gestational hypertension or preeclampsia and 30 normotensive controls.
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Intervention
Gestational hypertension or preeclampsia (exposure)
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Comparator
Normotensive pregnancies
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Outcome
Echocardiographic structural and functional changes (IVS, PWLV, LKM, left chamber hypertrophy, and diastolic function)surrogate

Gestational hypertension and preeclampsia are associated with persistent echocardiographic structural and diastolic changes up to 6 months postpartum, highlighting the need for long-term cardiovascular follow-up.

Cite This Study

Kjaev et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8bd64790fae8fd47e99735https://doi.org/10.23958/ijirms/vol04-i02/561
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