TY - JOUR
T1 - Maternal cardiac deceleration capacity
T2 - a novel insight into maternal autonomic function in pregnancies complicated by hypertensive disorders and intrauterine growth restriction
AU - Casati, D.
AU - Stampalija, T.
AU - Ferrazzi, E.
AU - Alberti, A. M.
AU - Scebba, I.
AU - Paganelli, A.
AU - Di Martino, D.
AU - Muggiasca, M. L.
AU - Bauer, A.
PY - 2016/11/1
Y1 - 2016/11/1
N2 - Objective To explore maternal cardiac deceleration capacity (DC), a marker of autonomic function derived from electrocardiographic (ECG) signals, in pregnancies complicated by intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) associated to IUGR (HDP-IUGR) or to appropriate for gestational age fetal growth (HDP-AGAf). Methods Prospective single center case-control study conducted at Buzzi Children's Hospital, Milan. Maternal ECGs were analyzed by Phase Rectified Signal Averaging (PRSA) method to obtain cardiac DC in women with: HDP-IUGR, HDP-AGAf, severe-IUGR, mild-IUGR and uncomplicated pregnancies. IUGR was defined as abdominal circumference <5th centile; severe-IUGR was associated with umbilical artery Doppler pulsatility index >2 standard deviations. Non-parametric tests were adopted. Results 269 women were recruited. Women with HDP-IUGR (n = 35) showed significantly higher cardiac DC compared both to controls (n = 141) (p = 0.003) and women with HDP-AGAf (n = 18) (p = 0.01). Women with severe-IUGR (n = 14) showed significantly higher DC than controls (p = 0.01). Women with mild-IUGR (n = 61) as well as women with HDP-AGAf showed no differences in DC compared to controls (both p = 0.3). Conclusions Women with pregnancy complicated by severe placental failure, such as HDP-IUGR and severe IUGR, show significant autonomic alterations, as indicated by elevated cardiac DC. On the contrary, pregnancy complications such as HDP-AGAf and mild IUGR show no impact on maternal autonomic balance. We present a new approach to explore maternal autonomic cardiovascular regulation that might reflect the severity of placental vascular insufficiency.
AB - Objective To explore maternal cardiac deceleration capacity (DC), a marker of autonomic function derived from electrocardiographic (ECG) signals, in pregnancies complicated by intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) associated to IUGR (HDP-IUGR) or to appropriate for gestational age fetal growth (HDP-AGAf). Methods Prospective single center case-control study conducted at Buzzi Children's Hospital, Milan. Maternal ECGs were analyzed by Phase Rectified Signal Averaging (PRSA) method to obtain cardiac DC in women with: HDP-IUGR, HDP-AGAf, severe-IUGR, mild-IUGR and uncomplicated pregnancies. IUGR was defined as abdominal circumference <5th centile; severe-IUGR was associated with umbilical artery Doppler pulsatility index >2 standard deviations. Non-parametric tests were adopted. Results 269 women were recruited. Women with HDP-IUGR (n = 35) showed significantly higher cardiac DC compared both to controls (n = 141) (p = 0.003) and women with HDP-AGAf (n = 18) (p = 0.01). Women with severe-IUGR (n = 14) showed significantly higher DC than controls (p = 0.01). Women with mild-IUGR (n = 61) as well as women with HDP-AGAf showed no differences in DC compared to controls (both p = 0.3). Conclusions Women with pregnancy complicated by severe placental failure, such as HDP-IUGR and severe IUGR, show significant autonomic alterations, as indicated by elevated cardiac DC. On the contrary, pregnancy complications such as HDP-AGAf and mild IUGR show no impact on maternal autonomic balance. We present a new approach to explore maternal autonomic cardiovascular regulation that might reflect the severity of placental vascular insufficiency.
KW - Cardiac deceleration capacity
KW - Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
KW - Intrauterine growth restriction
KW - Maternal autonomic function
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2016.08.007
DO - 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2016.08.007
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84985911751
VL - 206
SP - 6
EP - 11
JO - European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
JF - European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
SN - 0028-2243
ER -