Pre-eclampsia is a condition that affects around 5% of all pregnant women and can cause harm to both the mother and the unborn baby. This rapidly progressing condition is characterized by high blood ...

Preeclampsia and eclampsia are serious blood pressure issues that can happen during the second half of your pregnancy. If you have preeclampsia, your blood pressure can go very high, above 140/90.

Pre-eclampsia complicates approximately 6–8% of all pregnancies. Epidemiologic studies have demonstrated a relationship between pre-eclampsia and cardiac morbidity and mortality later in life, but the ...

Women with pre-eclampsia, a potentially deadly complication of pregnancy, produce agonistic autoantibodies against angiotensin receptor-1, a transmembrane protein that regulates blood pressure.

There is increasing evidence that pre-eclampsia, a principal cause of maternal morbidity, may also be a risk factor for future cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events. This review aimed to assess ...

Severe pre-eclampsia exerts acute effects on the geometry and function of the heart, a new study confirms. Notably, the study found left atrial enlargement, increased left ventricular (LV) mass, ...

Available literature on the seasonal variation in the incidence of preeclampsia and eclampsia is much divided in its conclusion. [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13] Preeclampsia and eclampsia are major ...

Postpartum preeclampsia is the new onset of high blood pressure after giving birth. It is relatively rare, but can lead to serious complications without treatment. While preeclampsia usually occurs ...

Researchers have published a review of care for women with pre-eclampsia. Researchers from King's College London have published a review of care for women with pre-eclampsia in the New England Journal ...

Delivering babies early, when possible, is currently the only way to deal with the common pregnancy complication pre-eclampsia. But the condition has now been successfully treated in mice by ...

Tori Bowie was a world champion sprinter and three-time Olympic medalist. The 32-year-old was also about to be a mother and died recently due to complications during childbirth. Officials have cited ...

Pre-eclampsia can cause several complications that may lead to life threatening conditions for the mother as well as the developing baby. These complications can develop if preeclampsia is not ...