Left ventricular mechanics in late second trimester of healthy pregnancy.
Victoria L MeahK BackxJ R CockcroftR E ShaveE J StöhrPublished in: Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (2020)
Compared to the non-pregnant state, pregnant women in the second trimester of a healthy pregnancy have significantly greater resting systolic function, as assessed by LV longitudinal and circumferential strain. Contrary to previous work, these data show that healthy pregnant women should not exhibit reductions in resting systolic function between 22 and 26 weeks' gestation. The enhanced myocardial contractile function during gestation does not appear to be related to hemodynamic load and could be the result of other physiological adaptations to pregnancy. Copyright © 2018 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Keyphrases
- pregnant women
- pregnancy outcomes
- left ventricular
- preterm birth
- gestational age
- heart failure
- blood pressure
- heart rate
- preterm infants
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- acute myocardial infarction
- heart rate variability
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- mitral valve
- left atrial
- aortic stenosis
- systematic review
- randomized controlled trial
- skeletal muscle
- electronic health record
- coronary artery disease
- cross sectional
- high intensity
- aortic valve