Hemodynamic Adaptation to Pregnancy and Placenta-related Outcome (HAPPO study)
Completed
- Conditions
- Maternal cardiovascular adaptation and utero(placental) vascular developmentpreeclampsiasmall for gestational age10010273
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 300
Inclusion Criteria
1) *18 years of age
2) Delivery date of last pregnancy more than one year ago
3) Current wish to get pregnant
4) The previous pregnancy was either complicated by PPC (high-risk group) OR
the previous pregnancy was uncomplicated and resulted in a term delivery
(low-risk group).
Exclusion Criteria
1) Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent
2) Currently breastfeeding, since this may influence a woman*s vascular
condition
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The primary outcome measure is the difference in maternal cardiovascular<br /><br>adaptation to pregnancy between women who do and do not develop PPC, expressed<br /><br>as the trajectory of cardiac output measured before pregnancy (preconceptional<br /><br>visit), three times during pregnancy (between 9-11, 20-22 and 30-32 weeks<br /><br>gestation) and post-delivery (3 months after giving birth).</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method