Claudio V Schenone, Mary A Cain, Aldo L Schenone, Teagen Smith, Athanasios Tsalatsanis, Judette M Louis, Daniela R Crousillat
BACKGROUND: In non-pregnant individuals, the rate-pressure product, the product of heart rate and systolic blood pressure, is used as a non-invasive surrogate of myocardial oxygen consumption during cardiac stress testing. Pregnancy is considered a physiologic cardiovascular stress test. Prior evidence describing the impact of pregnancy on myocardial oxygen demand, as assessed by the rate-pressure product, is limited. OBJECTIVES: To describe changes in rate-pressure product by pregnancy trimester, during labor and delivery, and postpartum among low-risk pregnancies...
March 5, 2024: American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM