Influence of hyperglycemia during and after pregnancy on postpartum vascular function

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 302, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 768-775

  Davenport, Margie H ^a,c   Goswami, Ruma ^b,c   Kevin Shoemaker, J ^b,c   Mottola, Michelle F ^a,c,d,e  

^a R Samuel McLaughlin Foundation Exercise and Pregnancy Lab   (Canada)

^b Neurovascular Research Laboratory   (Canada)

^c School of Kinesiology   (Canada)

^d Depts Obstet Gynecol and Pediat   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Endothelial function; Gestational diabetes; Postpartum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; PULSE WAVE;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84858165568     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00115.2011     Document Type: Article

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