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Endothelial Dysfunction: A Link Among Preeclampsia, Recurrent Pregnancy Loss, and Future Cardiovascular Events?

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Germain, Alfredo M., Romanik, Mary Carmen, Guerra, Irene, Solari, Sandra, Reyes, María Soledad, Johnson, Richard J., Price, Karen, Karumanchi, S. Ananth +1 more·2007·Hypertension

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We tested the hypothesis that endothelial dysfunction could cause placentation-related defects, persist after the complicated pregnancy, and probably cause cardiovascular disease later in life. Brachial arterial reactivity and factors related to endothelial dysfunction, such as circulating cholesterol, uric acid, nitrites, l -arginine, asymmetrical dimethylarginine, vascular endothelial growth factor, and soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1, in women with previous healthy pregnancies (n=22), patients with severe preeclampsia (n=25), or patients with recurrent pregnancy loss (n=29), at day 10 of the luteal phase of an ovulatory cycle an average of 11 to 27 months after pregnancy were evaluated. Both groups with placentation defects had a significant decrease in endothelium-dependent dilatation, a higher rate of endothelial dysfunction, lower serum nitrites, and higher cholesterol as compared with control subjects; subjects with previous preeclampsia additionally had higher normal blood pressures and a greater parental prevalence of cardiovascular disease. Patients with recurrent pregnancy loss also demonstrated a significantly lower endothelium-independent vasodilatation. A trend to an inverse correlation was found between serum cholesterol serum and endothelial-mediated vasodilatation in the whole study population. Uric acid, l -arginine, asymmetrical dimethylarginine, vascular endothelial growth factor, and soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1 were similar in all of the groups. We postulate that endothelial dysfunction may represent a link between preeclampsia and increased cardiovascular disease latter in life and propose that women with unexplained recurrent miscarriages are also at increased cardiovascular risk. The identification and correction of endothelial dysfunction detected during the reproductive stage on obstetric outcome and on cardiovascular diseases needs to be elucidated.

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  • Endothelial dysfunction, which has been found in women with premature menopause and in those with adverse pregnancy outcomes, might trigger pregnancy complications and remain beyond these complications to predispose women to future cardiovascular disease.

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Germain, A. M., Romanik, M. C., Guerra, I., Solari, S., Reyes, M. S., Johnson, R. J., Price, K., Karumanchi, S. A., & Valdés, G.
Affiliations
  • From the Departmentos de Obstetricia/Ginecología (A.M.G., M.C.R., M.S.R.), Nefrología (G.V.), and Laboratorio Clínico (I.G., S.S.), Escuela de Medicina Pontificia Universidad Católica, Santiago, Chile; the Section of Nephrology, Hypertension, and Transplantation (R.J.J., K.P.), University of Florida, Gainsville; the Departments of Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology (S.A.K.), and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
Venue
Hypertension
Published
2007-01
Volume
49
Issue
1
Pages
90-95
ISSN
  • 0194-911X (ISSN-L)
  • 1524-4563
OpenAlex
W2159442474
Cited by
275
References
44
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FWCI
9.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
Keywords
endothelial dysfunction, preeclampsia, recurrent pregnancy loss, brachial artery reactivity, endothelium-dependent vasodilation, endothelium-independent relaxation, serum cholesterol, uric acid, nitrite, L-arginine, asymmetric dimethylarginine, vascular endothelial growth factor, soluble VEGF receptor-1, cardiovascular risk, cardiovascular disease
MeSH terms
Abortion, Habitual, Adult, Blood Pressure, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cholesterol, Diastole, Endothelium, Vascular, Female, Humans, Medical Records, Placenta Diseases, Pre-Eclampsia, Pregnancy, Risk Factors, Severity of Illness Index, Time Factors, Vasodilation

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