Ciculating endothelial cells in Preeclampsia
Completed
- Conditions
- preeclampsia10010273
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
Case group:
- diagnosis of severe preeclampsia based upon the ACOG criteria
- written informed consent
Control group:
- ASA class I pregnant patients visiting our out-patient clinic
- written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
Control group:
- ASA class II or more
- previous pregnancies with placental syndromes as preeclampsia, growth retardation and/or gestational diabetes
- placental syndrome during the index pregnancy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Primary study parameter:<br /><br>CEC levels in patients with severe preeclampsia</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Secondary study parameters<br /><br>- To analyze the relation of CEC levels with organ damage and dysfunction.<br /><br>- To analyze the relation of CEC levels with clinical parameters as<br /><br>bloodpressure and proteinuria.<br /><br>- Correlation between CEC levels and levels of circulating thrombomodulin and<br /><br>other soluble markers like endoglin and e-selectin.</p><br>