Pregnancy-Related Complications in Patients With Fibromuscular Dysplasia: A Report From the European/International Fibromuscular Dysplasia Registry

Marco Pappaccogli, Aleksander Prejbisz, Simina Ciurica, Rosa Maria Bruno, Anna Aniszczuk-Hybiak, Irene Bracalente, Tine De Backer, Frederic Debieve, Philippe Delmotte, Silvia Di Monaco, Faical Jarraya, Daniel Gordin, Przemyslaw Kosinski, Abraham A. Kroon, Angela H. E. M. Maas, Denise Marcon, Pietro Minuz, Enrique Montagud-Marrahi, Agnes Pasquet, Esteban PochFranco Rabbia, George S. Stergiou, Ilkka Tikkanen, Laurent Toubiana, Wouter Vinck, Ewa Warchol-Celinska, Patricia Van der Niepen, Peter de Leeuw, Andrzej Januszewicz, Alexandre Persu*

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Abstract

Current literature suggests a higher risk of pregnancy-related complications in patients with renal fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD). The aim of our study was to assess the nature and prevalence of pregnancy-related complications in patients subsequently diagnosed with FMD. A call for participation was sent to centers contributing to the European/International FMD Registry. Patients with at least 1 pregnancy were included. Data on pregnancy were collected through medical files and FMD characteristics through the European/International FMD Registry. Data from 534 pregnancies were obtained in 237 patients. Despite the fact that, in 96% of cases, FMD was not diagnosed before pregnancy, 40% of women (n=93) experienced pregnancy-related complications, mostly gestational hypertension (25%) and preterm birth (20%), while preeclampsia was reported in only 7.5%. Only 1 patient experienced arterial dissection and another patient an aneurysm rupture. When compared with patients without pregnancy-related complications, patients with complicated pregnancies were younger at FMD diagnosis (43 versus 51 years old;P

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)545-553
Number of pages9
JournalHypertension
Volume76
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2020

Keywords

  • CARDIOLOGY
  • CLASSIFICATION
  • CORONARY-ARTERY DISSECTION
  • EUROPEAN-SOCIETY
  • HYPERTENSION
  • MANAGEMENT
  • PREECLAMPSIA
  • PREVALENCE
  • RISK-FACTORS
  • WOMEN
  • fibromuscular dysplasia
  • follow-up studies
  • hypertension
  • preeclampsia
  • pregnancy
  • pregnancy-induced
  • DIAGNOSIS
  • ANEURYSM
  • OUTCOMES

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