Long-Term Blood Pressure Control After Hypertensive Pregnancy Following Physician-Optimized Self-Management: The POP-HT Randomized Clinical Trial

• Published in: JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 330; no. 20; pp. 1991 - 1999
• Main Authors: Kitt, Jamie, Fox, Rachael, Frost, Annabelle, Shanyinde, Milensu, Tucker, Katherine, Bateman, Paul A, Suriano, Katie, Kenworthy, Yvonne, McCourt, Annabelle, Woodward, William, Lapidaire, Winok, Lacharie, Miriam, Santos, Mauro, Roman, Cristian, Mackillop, Lucy, Delles, Christian, Thilaganathan, Basky, Chappell, Lucy C, Lewandowski, Adam J, McManus, Richard J, Leeson, Paul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Medical Association 28.11.2023
• Subjects: Adult; Antihypertensive Agents - administration & dosage; Antihypertensive Agents - pharmacology; Antihypertensive Agents - therapeutic use; Antihypertensives; Blood pressure; Blood Pressure - drug effects; Cardiovascular diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases - complications; Clinical trials; Female; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension - complications; Hypertension - drug therapy; Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced - drug therapy; Intervention; Monitoring; Physicians; Postnatal Care - methods; Postpartum; Pre-eclampsia; Pre-Eclampsia - prevention & control; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy; Pregnancy complications; Self-Management; Telemedicine; Titration; United Kingdom > UK

IMPORTANCE: Pregnancy hypertension results in adverse cardiac remodeling and higher incidence of hypertension and cardiovascular diseases in later life. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether an intervention designed to achieve better blood pressure control in the postnatal period is associated with lower b...