Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy & vascular dysfunction. Front Cardiovasc Med 2024;11:1411424
Date
06/17/2024Pubmed ID
38883989Pubmed Central ID
PMC11177763DOI
10.3389/fcvm.2024.1411424Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85196075456 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 1 CitationAbstract
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 JAuthors
Jacquelyn P. Kulinski MD Associate Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of WisconsinAnna Palatnik MD Associate Professor in the Obstetrics and Gynecology department at Medical College of Wisconsin