Journal article
Cardiac function at term in human pregnancy
D Zentner, M Du Plessis, S Brennecke, J Wong, L Grigg, S Harrap
Pregnancy Hypertension | ELSEVIER SCI LTD | Published : 2012
Abstract
Objectives: We have previously demonstrated deterioration in cardiac function at term in human pregnancy. To explore further, we investigated central arterial hemodynamics and association with maternal weight during gestation. Study design: Primiparous women (n = 32) were recruited in a tertiary referral obstetric hospital and a longitudinal cohort study with analyses at median 16 and 37 weeks gestation undertaken. Subgroups of normal body mass index, <25 kg/m 2, and overweight, ≥25 kg/m 2, at 16 weeks were created. Main outcome measures: We performed 2D speckle tracking echocardiography strain analysis and tonometric measures of central arterial pressures, waveforms and pulse wave velocity...
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award (to D.Z.) and a National Health and Medical Research Council Postgraduate Medical Scholarship {scholarship number 359320 (to D.Z.)}. The funding sources had no involvement on the methodology of the study or its interpretation, in the writing of the manuscript or the decision to submit for publication.