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Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy & vascular dysfunction. Front Cardiovasc Med 2024;11:1411424

Date

06/17/2024

Pubmed ID

38883989

Pubmed Central ID

PMC11177763

DOI

10.3389/fcvm.2024.1411424

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85196075456 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   1 Citation

Abstract

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are a leading cause of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. One of the more severe HDP diagnoses is preeclampsia, which is recognized as a sex-specific cardiovascular risk enhancer with long-term implications for women's health, increasing lifetime risk of ischemic heart disease, stroke, and heart failure. Though the mechanisms accounting for the increased risk of cardiovascular disease following HDP are not yet well understood, vascular dysfunction has been implicated. In this perspective piece, we summarize the existing evidence for vascular dysfunction in HDP with a focus on non-invasive assessments, highlight advances in the field, and suggest future directions for improving risk stratification of women with HDP.

Author List

Palatnik A, Kulinski J

Authors

Jacquelyn P. Kulinski MD Associate Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Anna Palatnik MD Associate Professor in the Obstetrics and Gynecology department at Medical College of Wisconsin