Association of activin A and postpartum blood pressure in peripartum cardiomyopathy.
Activin A
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
Journal
Pregnancy hypertension
ISSN: 2210-7797
Titre abrégé: Pregnancy Hypertens
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101552483
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2023
Dec 2023
Historique:
received:
20
01
2023
revised:
27
08
2023
accepted:
06
10
2023
medline:
5
12
2023
pubmed:
19
10
2023
entrez:
18
10
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Activin A has been implicated in the pathogenesis of patients with chronic hypertension and heart failure as well as patients with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP). Whether activin A correlates with blood pressure in patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) and HDP history has not previously been explored. 82 women with PPCM w/ and w/out HDP or hypertension history were selected for analysis from the Investigations in Pregnancy Associated Cardiomyopathy (IPAC) study. Serum biomarkers and blood pressure were assessed at the time of enrollment (median postpartum day 24). Levels of both sFlt-1 (SBP: r 0.47, p = 0.008; DBP: r 0.57, p < 0.001) and activin A (SBP: r 0.59, p < 0.001;DBP: r 0.68, p < 0.001) were noted to significantly correlate with blood pressure in patients with a history of HDP who went on to develop PPCM, but not in patients with chronic hypertension or no hypertensive history. The strongest correlation was between activin A levels and postpartum diastolic blood pressure for the subset with preeclampsia (DBP: r0.82, p < 0.001). This remained significant in multivariable linear regression analysis (DBP: β = 0.011, p = 0.015). In patients with PPCM, activin A and sFlt-1 levels had direct correlations with both systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressures (DBP), but only in participants with history of HDP. This correlation was more evident for activin A and strongest with a history of preeclampsia. Our findings suggest that activin A may play an important role in blood pressure modulation in women with HDP who subsequently develop PPCM.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Activin A has been implicated in the pathogenesis of patients with chronic hypertension and heart failure as well as patients with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP). Whether activin A correlates with blood pressure in patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) and HDP history has not previously been explored.
METHODS AND RESULTS
RESULTS
82 women with PPCM w/ and w/out HDP or hypertension history were selected for analysis from the Investigations in Pregnancy Associated Cardiomyopathy (IPAC) study. Serum biomarkers and blood pressure were assessed at the time of enrollment (median postpartum day 24). Levels of both sFlt-1 (SBP: r 0.47, p = 0.008; DBP: r 0.57, p < 0.001) and activin A (SBP: r 0.59, p < 0.001;DBP: r 0.68, p < 0.001) were noted to significantly correlate with blood pressure in patients with a history of HDP who went on to develop PPCM, but not in patients with chronic hypertension or no hypertensive history. The strongest correlation was between activin A levels and postpartum diastolic blood pressure for the subset with preeclampsia (DBP: r0.82, p < 0.001). This remained significant in multivariable linear regression analysis (DBP: β = 0.011, p = 0.015).
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
In patients with PPCM, activin A and sFlt-1 levels had direct correlations with both systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressures (DBP), but only in participants with history of HDP. This correlation was more evident for activin A and strongest with a history of preeclampsia. Our findings suggest that activin A may play an important role in blood pressure modulation in women with HDP who subsequently develop PPCM.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37852074
pii: S2210-7789(23)00227-1
doi: 10.1016/j.preghy.2023.10.002
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
activin A
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
60-66Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: SR reports serving as a consultant for Roche Diagnostics, Thermo Fisher, Beckman Coulter, Siemens, and has received research funding from Roche Diagnostics and Siemens for work related to angiogenic biomarkers that are unrelated to the submitted work.