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Maternal Cardiovascular and Other Physiologic Responses to the Endocrinology of Pregnancy

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Endocrinology of Pregnancy

Part of the book series: Contemporary Endocrinology ((COE,volume 9))

Abstract

Gestation is a unique ephemeral physiologic state in that it is associated with significant but reversible alternations in many systems, including the endocrine and cardiovascular systems. During normal pregnancy, these endocrine and physiologic changes are essential for normal embryo/fetal development to ultimately produce viable offspring for the propagation of species. The current review addresses steroid (estrogen and progesterone) hormonal changes throughout gestation and compares them to systemic and uterine vascular physiologic adaptations to pregnancy. It must be stressed initially, that no true “cause and effect” relationship has been definitively established between production of steroid hormones in pregnancy and these vascular changes.

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Magness, R.R. (1998). Maternal Cardiovascular and Other Physiologic Responses to the Endocrinology of Pregnancy. In: Bazer, F.W. (eds) Endocrinology of Pregnancy. Contemporary Endocrinology, vol 9. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1804-3_18

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