Maternal left ventricular and endothelial functions in preeclampsia.

Objective: To compare maternal left ventricular and endothelial functions in preeclampsia and normal pregnancy, during pregnancy and after delivery.

Design: Observational study with follow-up.

Setting: University hospital and midwife-led antenatal care center.

Pre-pregnancy physical activity and preeclampsia risk: a prospective population-based cohort study.

Objective: To test the hypothesis that women physically active prior to pregnancy are at reduced risk of preeclampsia. Design. Population-based prospective cohort study.

Repeated image analyses improves accuracy in assessing arterial flow-mediated dilatation.

Objectives: A high degree of variability has been reported regarding the ultrasound-based assessment of flow-mediated dilatation. We wanted to investigate the variability and find out how it might be reduced most efficiently.

Design: Brachial artery flow-mediated dilatation was measured by high-resolution ultrasound in 22 healthy adults on two consecutive days.