Open AccessMaternal Cardiac Diastolic Dysfunction by Doppler Echocardiography in Women with Preeclampsia
Author(s) -
Tanuja Muthyala
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/17840.8220
Subject(s) - preeclampsia , diastole , medicine , cardiology , ejection fraction , heart failure , doppler echocardiography , cardiac dysfunction , pregnancy , blood pressure , genetics , biology
Preeclampsia may lead to heart failure in late pregnancy and early puerperium. Diastolic dysfunction may be the cause of heart failure in these patients. There is paucity of data on diastolic dysfunction in patients with preeclampsia.