Advanced echocardiography identifies subclinical myocardial deformation and diastolic changes during normal pregnancy that may persist postpartum, suggesting a potential role for longitudinal surveillance.
In healthy women, pregnancy-induced myocardial adaptation appears to involve progressive diastolic and deformation changes that may persist into the early postpartum phase. The observation of residual subclinical alterations-despite otherwise physiological remodeling-suggests that longitudinal surveillance could be valuable, even in low-risk populations. Advanced echocardiographic modalities may improve early detection and contribute to refined risk stratification in pregnancy-related cardiac adaptation.
Uzel et al. (Thu,) studied this question.