Speckle Tracking Echocardiography in Hypertensive Pregnancy Disorders: A Systematic Review

Conclusions and Relevance LV-GLS is significantly decreased in pregnant women with HPD compared with normotensive pregnant women. Other deformation values show a significant decrease in women with severe or early-onset preeclampsia, with lasting myocardial changes after early-onset preeclampsia. Target Audience Obstetricians and gynecologists, family physicians, cardiologists. Learning Objectives After participating in this activity, the learner should be better able to identify the test characteristics of STE; describe the differences in STE between HPDs and normotensive pregnant controls; and explain which HPD causes lasting myocardial changes after pregnancy.
Source: Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey - Category: OBGYN Tags: CME ARTICLES Source Type: research