Pregnant women undergo profound anatomical and physiological changes so that they can
cope with the increased physical and metabolic demands of their pregnancies. The …

The extensive metabolic demands of pregnancy require specific physiological and
anatomical changes. These changes affect almost all organ systems, including the …

Objective Cardiac output, a fundamental parameter of cardiovascular function, has
consistently been shown to increase across healthy pregnancy; however, the time course …

Background: Pregnancy is associated with considerable changes in the physiological,
anatomical and biochemical attributes in women. These may alter the exposure to …

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Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a disorder in which initial left ventricular systolic
dysfunction and symptoms of heart failure occur between the late stages of pregnancy and …

Background—Pregnancy provides a unique model to study the adaptation of the heart in a
physiological situation of transient load changes. The aim of this study was to assess the …

The major limitation of earlier studies on left ventricular systolic function is the use of ejection-
phase indices that are dependent on loading conditions. Even when tissue Doppler velocity …

Pregnancy causes dramatic physiological changes in the expectant mother. The placenta,
mostly foetal in origin, invades maternal uterine tissue early in pregnancy and unleashes a …

Background Cardiovascular disease in pregnancy is the leading cause of maternal mortality
in North America. Although transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is the most widely used …