Onset of hypertension during pregnancy is associated with long-term worse blood pressure control and adverse cardiac remodeling

Up to 20% of women with hypertensive pregnancy disorders might persist with chronic hypertension. This study compared clinical and echocardiographic features between women whose hypertension began as hypertensive pregnancy disorders (PH group) and women whose diagnosis of hypertension did not occur...

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Published in:	Journal of the American Society of Hypertension Vol. 8; no. 11; p. 827
Main Authors:	Mesquita, Roberto F, Reis, Muriel, Beppler, Ana Paula, Bellinazzi, Vera Regina, Mattos, Sandra S, Lima-Filho, José L, Cipolli, José A, Coelho-Filho, Otavio R, Pio-Magalhães, José A, Sposito, Andrei C, Matos-Souza, José R, Nadruz, Jr, Wilson
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01-11-2014
Subjects:	Adult Antihypertensive Agents - therapeutic use Blood Pressure Determination Chi-Square Distribution Confidence Intervals Cross-Sectional Studies Echocardiography, Doppler Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced - diagnosis Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced - drug therapy Linear Models Long-Term Care Pregnancy Pregnancy Outcome Reference Values Retrospective Studies Risk Assessment Severity of Illness Index Statistics, Nonparametric Time Factors Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - diagnostic imaging Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - epidemiology Ventricular Remodeling - physiology Young Adult Echocardiography left ventricular concentric hypertrophy hypertensive pregnancy disorders
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