Beat-to-Beat Blood Pressure Variability in the First Trimester Is Associated With the Development of Preeclampsia in a Prospective Cohort: Relation With Aortic Stiffness

• Published in: Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. 1979) Vol. 76; no. 6; pp. 1800 - 1807
• Main Authors: Nuckols, Virginia R., Holwerda, Seth W., Luehrs, Rachel E., DuBose, Lyndsey E., Stroud, Amy K., Brandt, Debra, Betz, Alexandria M., Fiedorowicz, Jess G., Scroggins, Sabrina M., Santillan, Donna A., Grobe, Justin L., Sigmund, Curt D., Santillan, Mark K., Pierce, Gary L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Heart Association, Inc 01.12.2020
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aorta - physiopathology; Baroreflex - physiology; Blood Pressure - physiology; Blood Pressure Determination; Female; Humans; Hypertension - diagnosis; Hypertension - physiopathology; Logistic Models; Pre-Eclampsia - diagnosis; Pre-Eclampsia - physiopathology; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Trimester, Third - physiology; Prospective Studies; Risk Factors; Vascular Stiffness - physiology; Young Adult; blood pressure; preeclampsia; baroreflex; hypertension; carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity

Women with preeclampsia, a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, exhibit greater beat-to-beat blood pressure variability (BPV) in the third trimester after clinical onset of the disorder. However, it remains unknown whether elevated BPV precedes the development of preeclampsia. A prospective study coh...