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Uteroplacental Pathology and Maternal Arterial Mean Blood Pressure in Spontaneous Prematurity

Carolyn M. Salafia, MD

Alessandro Ghidini, MD

José M. Lopèz-Zeno, MD

John C. Pezzullo, PhD

Department of Pathology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.; Ponce School of Medicine, Ponce, Puerto Rico

Objective: To examine if maternal blood pressure is directly related to the presence and severity of uteroplacental vascular pathology in nonpreeclamptic preterm birth.

Methods: A set of conscience nonanomalous singleton live births delivered at 22-32 weeks (excluding maternal diabetes mellitus and chronic hypertension) between 1989 and 1994 included 342 cases of spontaneous prematurity (spontaneous premature membrane rupture [PROM], preterm labor with intact membranes [PTL], and nonhypertensive abruption) with mean arterial blood pressure at admission available in the maternal record. Presence and extent of placental lesions were scored.

Results: Mean maternal arterial blood pressure on admission was significantly related to the presence/extent of uteroplacental vascular lesions (P = .01) and to lesions of intraplacental vaso-occlusion (P = .04). These associations were independent of maternal age and gestational age at delivery. Moreover, the summation of uteroplacental and intraplacental vascular lesions into a cumulative placental vascular pathology score was even more significantly correlated with increasing mean blood pressure at admission, suggestive of synergism between these two placental pathologic processes.

Conclusion: In nonpreeclamptic prematurity, mean maternal admission blood pressure is directly related to the severity of placental vascular pathology.

Key Words: Prematurity • placental pathology • uteroplacental vasculature • blood pressure

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Vol. 5, No. 2, 68-71 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/107155769800500203
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