A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Carotid artery elasticity decreases during pregnancy - the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study



Authors: Karkkainen H, Saarelainen H, Valtonen P, Laitinen T, Raitakari OT, Juonala M, Kahonen M, Hutri-Kahonen N, Heinonen S, Laitinen T

Publisher: BIOMED CENTRAL LTD

Publication year: 2014

Journal: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Journal name in source: BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH

Journal acronym: BMC PREGNANCY CHILDB

Article number: ARTN 98

Volume: 14

Number of pages: 7

ISSN: 1471-2393

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-14-98


Abstract
Conclusions: The present study revealed that carotid artery elasticity declined towards the end of the pregnancy; this neither is straight correlating with maternal hyperlipidemia or the diameter of the carotid artery nor is it associated with changes in endothelial function.



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