Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), women who have a systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mm Hg and/or a diastolic pressure ≥ 90 mm Hg before pregnancy or before 20 weeks of gestation have chronic hypertension. Up to 1.5% of women in their childbearing years have a...
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| description | According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), women who have a systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mm Hg and/or a diastolic pressure ≥ 90 mm Hg before pregnancy or before 20 weeks of gestation have chronic hypertension. Up to 1.5% of women in their childbearing years have a diagnosis of chronic hypertension, and 16% of pregnant women develop hypertension during their pregnancy. Physiological cardiovascular changes from pregnancy may mask or exacerbate hypertensive diseases during gestation, which is why prepregnancy counseling is emphasized for all patients to optimize comorbidities and establish a patient’s baseline blood pressure. This review provides an overview of the diagnoses and treatments of hypertensive diseases that can occur in pregnancy, including definitions of key terms and types of hypertension as well as ACOG recommendations. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e573e50380444c1aa8cc300ac7642c1f2025-08-20T03:25:30ZengHouston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular CenterMethodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal1947-61082024-03-0120241210.14797/mdcvj.13051282Hypertensive Disorders of PregnancyCourtney Newman0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3018-6101Victoria Petruzzi1https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5879-7718Pedro T. Ramirez2Christopher Hobday3https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0555-2314Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Houston Methodist, Houston, TexasObstetrics and Gynecology Department, Houston Methodist, Houston, TexasObstetrics and Gynecology Department, Gynecological Oncology Department, Houston Methodist, Houston, TexasObstetrics and Gynecology Department, Houston Methodist, Houston, TexasAccording to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), women who have a systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mm Hg and/or a diastolic pressure ≥ 90 mm Hg before pregnancy or before 20 weeks of gestation have chronic hypertension. Up to 1.5% of women in their childbearing years have a diagnosis of chronic hypertension, and 16% of pregnant women develop hypertension during their pregnancy. Physiological cardiovascular changes from pregnancy may mask or exacerbate hypertensive diseases during gestation, which is why prepregnancy counseling is emphasized for all patients to optimize comorbidities and establish a patient’s baseline blood pressure. This review provides an overview of the diagnoses and treatments of hypertensive diseases that can occur in pregnancy, including definitions of key terms and types of hypertension as well as ACOG recommendations.https://account.journal.houstonmethodist.org/index.php/up-j-mdbcj/article/view/1305chronic hypertensionpreeclampsiapregnancy |
| spellingShingle | Courtney Newman Victoria Petruzzi Pedro T. Ramirez Christopher Hobday Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal chronic hypertension preeclampsia pregnancy |
| title | Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy |
| title_full | Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy |
| title_short | Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy |
| title_sort | hypertensive disorders of pregnancy |
| topic | chronic hypertension preeclampsia pregnancy |
| url | https://account.journal.houstonmethodist.org/index.php/up-j-mdbcj/article/view/1305 |
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