Imperial College London
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Professor Christoph Lees, MD FRCOG

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction

Professor of Obstetrics
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 5770c.lees

 
 
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Assistant

 

Ms Hazel Blackman +44 (0)20 7594 2104

 
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Location

 

Queen Charlottes and Chelsea HospitalHammersmith Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Lees:2017:10.1007/s11906-017-0766-6,
author = {Lees, C and Ferrazzi, E},
doi = {10.1007/s11906-017-0766-6},
journal = {CURRENT HYPERTENSION REPORTS},
title = {Relevance of Haemodynamics in Treating Pre-eclampsia},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11906-017-0766-6},
volume = {19},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Blood pressure is a way of describing the end result of changes in cardiac output, intravascular volume and peripheral resistance. It has certain advantages in that it is a reproducible and easily measured parameter, but in itself, it offers only a limited understanding of the underlying haemodynamics. In pregnancy, profound haemodynamic changes occur and in hypertensive diseases of pregnancy defining a condition by blood pressure alone risks missing the underlying cause. Partly, this has been a problem of ascribing the cause of hypertensive syndromes to the placenta which has inhibited rigorous research into other possible causes of haemodynamic dysfunction. It is becoming increasingly evident that hypertension in pregnancy may be associated with primarily high cardiac output or high peripheral resistance. A knowledge of the underlying type of hypertension may allow more rational treatment of these conditions in pregnancy rather than therapeutic attempts at controlling blood pressure by any means possible as an end in itself.
AU  - Lees,C
AU  - Ferrazzi,E
DO  - 10.1007/s11906-017-0766-6
PY  - 2017///
SN  - 1522-6417
TI  - Relevance of Haemodynamics in Treating Pre-eclampsia
T2  - CURRENT HYPERTENSION REPORTS
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11906-017-0766-6
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000410252600009&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/52641
VL  - 19
ER  -
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