TY - JOUR
T1 - Arterial stiffness and wave reflection 1 year after a pregnancy complicated by hypertension
AU - Ehrenthal, Deborah B.
AU - Goldstein, Neal D.
AU - Wu, Pan
AU - Rogers, Stephanie
AU - Townsend, Raymond R.
AU - Edwards, David G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
PY - 2014/10/1
Y1 - 2014/10/1
N2 - Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) later in life. The authors investigated the association of HDP with blood pressure (BP) and arterial stiffness 1-year postpartum. Seventy-four participants, 33 with an HDP and 41 with uncomplicated pregnancies, were examined using applanation tonometry to measure BP, carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV), and augmentation index (AIx). On average, women with HDP had a 9 mm higher systolic BP (P<.01), 0.8 m/s faster cfPWV (P=.09), and 5.4% greater AIx (P=.09) at the 1-year examination. After adjustment for covariates, there was no significant difference in cfPWV between groups, while a 7.3% greater AIx (P<.05) remained. These findings suggest that reduced endothelial function may be detected 1 year after HDP. Large prospective studies are needed to further understand the contribution of arterial stiffness and endothelial dysfunction in the evolution of CVD after these complicated pregnancies.
AB - Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) later in life. The authors investigated the association of HDP with blood pressure (BP) and arterial stiffness 1-year postpartum. Seventy-four participants, 33 with an HDP and 41 with uncomplicated pregnancies, were examined using applanation tonometry to measure BP, carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV), and augmentation index (AIx). On average, women with HDP had a 9 mm higher systolic BP (P<.01), 0.8 m/s faster cfPWV (P=.09), and 5.4% greater AIx (P=.09) at the 1-year examination. After adjustment for covariates, there was no significant difference in cfPWV between groups, while a 7.3% greater AIx (P<.05) remained. These findings suggest that reduced endothelial function may be detected 1 year after HDP. Large prospective studies are needed to further understand the contribution of arterial stiffness and endothelial dysfunction in the evolution of CVD after these complicated pregnancies.
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U2 - 10.1111/jch.12398
DO - 10.1111/jch.12398
M3 - Article
C2 - 25116457
AN - SCOPUS:84907879603
SN - 1524-6175
VL - 16
SP - 695
EP - 699
JO - Journal of Clinical Hypertension
JF - Journal of Clinical Hypertension
IS - 10
ER -