Echocardiography Evaluation of the Left Ventricular Mass Index (LVMI) and Geometrical Pattern in Pre-Eclampsia and Pregnancy- Induced Hypertension Patients

Thirumurugan E; Edwin Dias; Karthick R; Kalpana Devi H; Kaza Revanth Kumar; Kamaleshwari K; Karunya A; Manisha S; Madhumitha R

doi:10.31584/jhsmr.20241048

Echocardiography Evaluation of the Left Ventricular Mass Index (LVMI) and Geometrical Pattern in Pre-Eclampsia and Pregnancy- Induced Hypertension Patients

Thirumurugan E, Edwin Dias, Karthick R, Kalpana Devi H, Kaza Revanth Kumar, Kamaleshwari K, Karunya A, Manisha S, Madhumitha R

Abstract

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the degree of hypertrophy and its geometrical patterns in hypertensive (HTN) pregnant women, with or without proteinuria.
Material and Methods: Data from 88 pregnant women was analyzed., consecutively. Both clinical and echocardiographic data between normotensive and hypertensive women, with and without proteinuria, were compared.
Results: Hypertensive women, with and without proteinuria, have a higher LV mass indexed by height than normotensive women (108.1±64.6 g/m vs. 76.5±24.8 g/m vs. 68.7±17.1 g/m, p-value=0.001).
Conclusion: This research shows that women that suffer from pre-eclampsia and pregnancy-induced hypertension show significant subclinical remodelling of the left ventricle, encompassing structural and functional changes, compared to those with normotensive pregnant women.

Keywords

Lv function; Lv geometrical patterns; Lv mass index; pregnant women; proteinuria

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