Longitudinal study of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in hypertensive pregnant women: deviations related to the development of superimposed …
P August, T Lenz, KL Ales, ML Druzin… - American journal of …, 1990 - Elsevier
A prospective longitudinal study of 25 pregnant women (30 pregnancies) with chronic
hypertension, a group prone to development of preeclampsia, was conducted to explore the
relationship between the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and the development of
superimposed preeclampsia. In women with chronic hypertension in whom preeclampsia
did not develop (17 pregnancies), blood pressure decreased and the renin-angiotensin-
aldosterone system was stimulated, beginning in the first trimester and continuing …
hypertension, a group prone to development of preeclampsia, was conducted to explore the
relationship between the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and the development of
superimposed preeclampsia. In women with chronic hypertension in whom preeclampsia
did not develop (17 pregnancies), blood pressure decreased and the renin-angiotensin-
aldosterone system was stimulated, beginning in the first trimester and continuing …