Severe Preeclampsia is Associated with Functional and Structural Cardiac Alterations: A Case-control Study
Derya Kilic, Tolga Guler, Cihan Ilyas Sevgican, Ayhan Atigan, Oguz Kilic, Derya Kaya, Ismail Dogu Kilic · Zeitschrift für Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie · 2022 · Heft 01 · S. 41-47
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Abstract Background The aim of the current study is to compare electrocardiographic and echocardiographic changes in patients with severe preeclampsia (PE) and those with uncomplicated pregnancies. Methods This is a case-controlled prospective study consisting of 21 pregnant women with severe preeclampsia and a control group consisting of age- and gestational age-matched 24 healthy pregnant women. All patients underwent electrocardiographic and echocardiographic investigation. Results QRS intervals were shorter and PR intervals were longer in the PE group (QRS duration: 80 (60–120) ms and 80 (40–110) ms, p=0.035…
