Response to Letter Regarding Article, "Association of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy With Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction 8 to 10 Years After Delivery"

Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2024 Aug;17(8):e017229. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.124.017229. Epub 2024 Jul 30.

Authors

Malamo E Countouris¹, Janet M Catov², Xucai Chen¹, Flordeliza S Villanueva¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA (M.E.C., X.C., F.S.V.).
² Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences and Department of Epidemiology (J.M.C.), University of Pittsburgh, PA.

PMID: 39077776
PMCID: PMC11340805 (available on 2025-08-01)
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.124.017229

No abstract available

Keywords: contrast echocardiography; microbubbles; microcirculation; pre-eclampsia; pregnancy induced hypertension.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Coronary Artery Disease / diagnosis
Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Artery Disease / physiopathology
Coronary Circulation*
Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Vessels / physiopathology
Female
Humans
Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced* / diagnosis
Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced* / physiopathology
Microcirculation*
Pregnancy
Time Factors

Grants and funding

T32 HL129964/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States