Echocardiographic estimation of hemodynamics in hypertensive pregnancy

Abstract M-mode echocardiography and indirect blood pressure measurements were used to examine nemodynamics in three groups of pregnant patients: 19 who were preeclamptic, nine who had essential hypertension, and 19 who were normotensive. The preeclamptic patients had significantly lower heart rate (68.4 versus 74.7 beats/min, p