Cardiovascular physiology of pregnancy

Circulation

Volumn 130, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1003-1008

  Sanghavi, Monika ^a   Rutherford, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular system; Physiology; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN; EPHEDRINE; ESTROGEN; IRON; PHENYLEPHRINE; PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE; RENIN; VITAMIN;

AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VOLUME; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; DELIVERY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART OUTPUT; HEART OUTPUT MEASUREMENT; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HYPERVOLEMIA; LABOR; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL OBESITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMA VOLUME; PREGNANCY; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RESISTANCE TRAINING; RISK FACTOR; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION; ANIMAL; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEMODYNAMICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; PLASMA VOLUME; PREGNANCY; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84927598570     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.009029     Document Type: Article

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