What is it about?
Reference range for PKR and inotropic index were calculated from a sample of 626 healthy pregnant women between 5 a 41 weeks. Those novel cardiac parameters in pregnant women with placentation disorders were compared against physiological pregnancies.
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Why is it important?
This is the very first time reference ranges for PKR and SMII are established in pregnancy. This article helps to visualise the subclinical cardiac conditions in women with placentation disorders like low cardiac contractility in women with small for gestational age fetuses.
Perspectives
I hope this article helps other authors to visualise the cardiovascular reasons behind late placentation disorders. This study also gives the opportunity to think of in improving cardiac conditions to improve fetal development and maternal health
Juan de Dios Gutiérrez Henares
Hospital Universitario de Canarias
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This page is a summary of: Maternal cardiovascular potential and kinetic energy indices in pre‐eclamptic and small‐for‐gestational‐age pregnancies, Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, May 2022, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/uog.24768.
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