Cardiovascular dysfunction in children conceived by assisted reproductive technologies

European Heart Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 25, 2015, Pages 1583-1589

  Scherrer, Urs ^a,b   Rexhaj, Emrush ^a   Allemann, Yves ^a   Sartori, Claudio ^c   Rimoldi, Stefano F ^a  

^a University Hospital of Psychiatry   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arterial hypertension; Endothelium; ENOS; Epigenetic; In vitro fertilization; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; GLUCOCORTICOID; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; LIPID; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADOLESCENCE; AGING; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EPIGENETICS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFESPAN; LONG TERM CARE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHENOTYPE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FORECASTING; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; TRENDS; VASCULAR REMODELING;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84942410155     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv145     Document Type: Review

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