Safety of nifedipine in threatened preterm labor: Investigation by three-dimensional echocardiography.

Leonti GrinAvishag Laish-FarkashSimon ShenhavXavier PiltzLiah GanelinMark RabinovichEyal Y AntebyChaim Yosefy

Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2018)

According to RT3DTTE measurements, in pregnant women treated with nifedipine for tocolysis, there were no detrimental cardiovascular effects detected 48 hours postnifedipine treatment. RT3DTTE could show accurately the compensatory response of the left heart to the cardiovascular changes induced by treatment with nifedipine.

Keyphrases

pregnant women
heart failure
combination therapy
atrial fibrillation
low birth weight
preterm infants
gestational age