Maternal vascular malperfusion in spontaneous preterm birth placentas related to clinical outcome of subsequent pregnancy.

Laura VisserHannah van BuggenumJ Patrick van der VoornLotte A P H HeestermansKees W P HollanderMaurice G A J WoutersChristianne J M de GrootMarjon A de Boer

Published in: The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians (2019)

Women with a history of SPTB have an elevated risk of IPD in the subsequent pregnancy. MVM is present in a large proportion of SPTB placentas. The presence of placental MVM in the index pregnancy does not predict clinical IPD or recurrent SPTB in a subsequent pregnancy.

Keyphrases

preterm birth
pregnancy outcomes
low birth weight
gestational age
birth weight
pregnant women
preterm infants
aortic dissection