Normal Pregnancy Is Associated with Changes in Central Hemodynamics and Enhanced Recruitable, but Not Resting, Endothelial Function

• Main Authors: Juan Torrado (Author), Yanina Zócalo (Author), Ignacio Farro (Author), Federico Farro (Author), Claudio Sosa (Author), Santiago Scasso (Author), Justo Alonso (Author), Daniel Bia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction. Flow-mediated dilation (FMD), low flow-mediated constriction (L-FMC), and reactive hyperemia-related changes in carotid-to-radial pulse wave velocity (ΔPWVcr%) could offer complementary information about both "recruitability" and "resting" endothelial function (EF)....