Doppler Echocardiographic Assessment of Pregnant Women with Chronic Arterial Hypertension

dc.contributor.authorMattia, Nádia Cristiane de [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorBarbin, Regina Lúcia [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorBorges, Vera Therezinha Medeiros [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorPeraçoli, José Carlos [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorMatsubara, Beatriz Bojikian [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-20T13:35:09Z
dc.date.available2014-05-20T13:35:09Z
dc.date.issued2002-12-01
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVE: To assess structural and functional cardiac changes in asymptomatic pregnant women with chronic arterial hypertension (CAH). METHODS: One hundred pregnant women with CAH underwent conventional Doppler echocardiography. The Student t test was used to compare them with 29 normotensive pregnant women (NT) in their third gestational trimester. RESULTS: Systolic (SBP; mmHg) and diastolic (DBP; mmHg) blood pressure values were higher (p<0.001) in the CAH pregnant women (SBP: 139±19 and DBP: 92± 18) as compared with those of the NT group (SBP: 112±10 and DBP: 74±9). A significant enlargement of the left atrium (4.10±0.48 cm vs 3.6±0.3 cm; p<0.001) and of the left ventricular normalized mass (59.6±19.7 g/cm2,7 vs 41.9±3.4 g/cm2,7; p<0.001) was observed. Cardiac output (CO, L/min) and systolic volume (SV, mL) were significantly higher in the CAH group (CO: 6.0±1.54 vs 4.9±2.1, p<0.01; SV: 77.3±19.8 vs 56.5±25.8, p<0.001). CONCLUSION: Chronic hypertensive pregnant women have structural and functional cardiac changes that justify routine cardiologic assessment, even in the absence of cardiopulmonary symptoms.en
dc.description.affiliationUNESP Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu
dc.description.affiliationUnespUNESP Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu
dc.format.extent579-584
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0066-782X2002001500003
dc.identifier.citationArquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia. Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC, v. 79, n. 6, p. 579-584, 2002.
dc.identifier.doi10.1590/S0066-782X2002001500003
dc.identifier.fileS0066-782X2002001500003.pdf
dc.identifier.issn0066-782X
dc.identifier.lattes8499437381595614
dc.identifier.lattes6990977122340795
dc.identifier.scieloS0066-782X2002001500003
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/12079
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC)
dc.relation.ispartofArquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
dc.relation.ispartofjcr1.318
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceSciELO
dc.subjectmyocardial hypertrophyen
dc.subjectventricular functionen
dc.subjectvolume overloaden
dc.titleDoppler Echocardiographic Assessment of Pregnant Women with Chronic Arterial Hypertensionen
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.licensehttp://www.scielo.br/revistas/abc/paboutj.htm
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unesp.author.lattes6990977122340795
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Medicina, Botucatupt

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