Abstract:Introduction: Pregnancy leads to changes in the cardiovascular system. Gestational diabetes relates to maternal and fetus later development of chronic cardiovascular diseases. We perform an exploratory analysis to assess the prevalence of cardiac structural and functional abnormalities in pregnant women with gestational diabetes. Methods: We enrolled 20 consecutive pregnant women with gestational diabetes and 30 healthy pregnant women as controls. Participants with age less than 18 years, previous gestational … Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.