Electrocardiographic changes in healthy and preeclamptic pregnant women

Maryam Zangeneh; Firoozeh Veisi; Shohreh Malekkhosravi; Negin Rezavand; Anisodoleh Nankali; Mansour Rezaei; Mohammad Rasoul Ghadami; Amid Karami

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Electrocardiographic changes in healthy and preeclamptic pregnant women

Author(s):

Maryam Zangeneh^1,*,

Firoozeh Veisi¹,

Shohreh Malekkhosravi ¹,

Negin Rezavand¹,

Anisodoleh Nankali¹,

Mansour Rezaei²,

Mohammad Rasoul Ghadami³,

Amid Karami⁴

1High risk pregnancy research center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

2Dept. of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

3Emam Reza hospital, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

4Student Research Committee, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

Journal of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences:Vol. 16, issue 4; e78789

Published online:Nov 29, 2012

Article type:Research Article

Received:Oct 16, 2011

Accepted:Feb 28, 2012

How to Cite:Maryam ZangenehFiroozeh VeisiShohreh Malekkhosravi Negin RezavandAnisodoleh NankaliMansour RezaeiMohammad Rasoul GhadamiAmid Karamiet al.Electrocardiographic changes in healthy and preeclamptic pregnant women.J Kermanshah Univ Med Sci.16(4):e78789.

Abstract

Background: Preeclampsia is a condition observed during pregnancy and threatens the life of both mother and fetus. There are studies which suggest that preeclampsia play a major role in the left ventricular mass. The aim of this study is to compare the electrocardiographic changes in normal pregnant and preeclamptic women.

Methods: The studied groups consisted of 48 mild preeclamptic, 33 severe preeclamptic and 42 normal pregnant women. To measure left ventricular indices such as Sokolow and Cornell; the obtained ECGs from patients were used.

Results: The left ventricular mass in preeclamptic group, severely preeclamptic group and control group were 21.62mm, 23.45mm, and 20.85mm respectively. There was no statistically significant difference among groups with regards to Sokolow index. The left ventricular mass in preeclamptic group, severely preeclamptic group and control group were 10.52mm, 12.30mm, 9.07mm. There were statistically significant differences among the groups with regards to Cornell index.

Conclusion: It seems that the increasing of left ventricular mass is one of the important effects in preeclampsia during pregnancy whose recognition has been done in previous studies via ECG. The Results of this study showed that electrocardiography could be used as an instrument in the diagnosis of left ventricular function in preeclamptic women.

Keywords

left ventricular mass

electrocardiography

preeclampsia

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