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



: 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

: 2014

: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

: BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH

: BMC PREGNANCY CHILDB

: ARTN 98

: 14

: 7

: 1471-2393

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


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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