Arterial stiffness during controlled ovarian hyperstimulation and early pregnancy in women exposed to assisted reproduction

Introduction: Female sex hormones have vasorelaxing effects in non-pregnant and pregnant women. We aimed to investigate the effect of controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) for in vitro fertilization (IVF), and early pregnancy, on arterial stiffness as assessed by digital pulse wave analysis (DPA...

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Main Authors: Emma von Wowern, Pia Saldeen, Per Olofsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-10-01
Series:Hypertension in Pregnancy
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10641955.2018.1516225