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HAEMODYNAMICS OF MILD HYPERTENSION IN PREGNANCY
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1979.tb10593.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 86, Issue 3, pages 198–204, March 1979
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Lim, Y. L. and Walters, W. A. W. (1979), HAEMODYNAMICS OF MILD HYPERTENSION IN PREGNANCY. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 86: 198–204. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1979.tb10593.x
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- Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
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Summary
One hundred and sixty-three haemodynamic studies were done serially in 23 normotensive and 25 mildly hypertensive women during pregnancy. With all subjects resting in the left lateral position, heart rate, cardiac output, stroke volume, left ventricular work index, total peripheral vascular resistance and haematocrit were all significantly higher while plasma volume per unit body weight was significantly lower in the hypertensive than in the normotensive pregnant women. It is postulated that this hyperkinetic circulatory state is due to hyper-activity of the sympathetic adrenergic component of the autonomic nervous system in hypertensive pregnancy.