Profound impact of uncomplicated pregnancy on diastolic, but not systolic pulse contour of aortic pressure

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1641-1648

  Delachaux, Anne ^a   Waeber, Bernard ^a   Liaudet, Lucas ^a   Hohlfeld, Patrick ^a   Feihl, François ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aorta; Blood pressure; Diastole; Haemodynamic phenomena; Pregnancy; Systole

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; AORTA PRESSURE; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TONOMETRY;

EID: 33746690668     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000239301.55754.c4     Document Type: Article

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