Prenatal and Postnatal Cardiac Development in Offspring of Hypertensive Pregnancies.

ABSTRACT: Background Pregnancy complications such as preterm birth and fetal growth restriction are associated with altered prenatal and postnatal cardiac development. We studied whether there were changes related specifically to pregnancy hypertension. Methods and Results Left and right ventricular volumes, mass, and function were assessed at birth and 3 months of age by echocardiography in 134 term-born infants. Fifty-four had been born to mothers who had normotensive pregnancy and 80 had a diagnosis of preeclampsia or pregnancy-induced hypertension. Differences between groups were interpreted, taking into account severity of pregnancy disorder, sex, body size, and blood pressure. Left and right ventricular mass indexed to body surface area (LVMI and RVMI) were similar in both groups at birth (LVM

SUBMITTER: Aye CYL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7428573 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature