Prenatal and Postnatal Cardiac Development in Offspring of Hypertensive Pregnancies. 2020

Christina Y L Aye, and Adam J Lewandowski, and Pablo Lamata, and Ross Upton, and Esther Davis, and Eric O Ohuma, and Yvonne Kenworthy, and Henry Boardman, and Annabelle L Frost, and Satish Adwani, and Kenny McCormick, and Paul Leeson
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Oxford Cardiovascular Clinical Research Facility Oxford United Kingdom.

Background Pregnancy complications such as preterm birth and fetal growth restriction are associated with altered prenatal and postnatal cardiac development. We studied whether there were changes related specifically to pregnancy hypertension. Methods and Results Left and right ventricular volumes, mass, and function were assessed at birth and 3 months of age by echocardiography in 134 term-born infants. Fifty-four had been born to mothers who had normotensive pregnancy and 80 had a diagnosis of preeclampsia or pregnancy-induced hypertension. Differences between groups were interpreted, taking into account severity of pregnancy disorder, sex, body size, and blood pressure. Left and right ventricular mass indexed to body surface area (LVMI and RVMI) were similar in both groups at birth (LVMI 20.9±3.7 versus 20.6±4.0 g/m2, P=0.64, RVMI 17.5±3.7 versus 18.1±4.7 g/m2, P=0.57). However, right ventricular end diastolic volume index was significantly smaller in those born to hypertensive pregnancy (16.8±5.3 versus 12.7±4.7 mL/m2, P=0.001), persisting at 3 months of age (16.4±3.2 versus 14.4±4.8 mL/m2, P=0.04). By 3 months of age these infants also had significantly greater LVMI and RVMI (LVMI 24.9±4.6 versus 26.8±4.9 g/m2, P=0.04; RVMI 17.1±4.2 versus 21.1±3.9 g/m2, P<0.001). Differences in RVMI and right ventricular end diastolic volume index at 3 months, but not left ventricular measures, correlated with severity of the hypertensive disorder. No differences in systolic or diastolic function were evident. Conclusions Infants born at term to a hypertensive pregnancy have evidence of both prenatal and postnatal differences in cardiac development, with right ventricular changes proportional to the severity of the pregnancy disorder. Whether differences persist long term as well as their underlying cause and relationship to increased cardiovascular risk requires further study.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D008297 Male Males
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D011297 Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects The consequences of exposing the FETUS in utero to certain factors, such as NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; DRUGS; RADIATION; and other physical or chemical factors. These consequences are observed later in the offspring after BIRTH. Delayed Effects, Prenatal Exposure,Late Effects, Prenatal Exposure
D011446 Prospective Studies Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group. Prospective Study,Studies, Prospective,Study, Prospective
D001794 Blood Pressure PRESSURE of the BLOOD on the ARTERIES and other BLOOD VESSELS. Systolic Pressure,Diastolic Pressure,Pulse Pressure,Pressure, Blood,Pressure, Diastolic,Pressure, Pulse,Pressure, Systolic,Pressures, Systolic
D002657 Child Development The continuous sequential physiological and psychological maturing of an individual from birth up to but not including ADOLESCENCE. Infant Development,Development, Child,Development, Infant
D005260 Female Females
D006321 Heart The hollow, muscular organ that maintains the circulation of the blood. Hearts

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