Clinical improvement and successful pregnancy in a preeclamptic patient with antiphospholipid syndrome treated with pravastatin
E Lefkou, A Mamopoulos, N Fragakis, T Dagklis… - …, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
E Lefkou, A Mamopoulos, N Fragakis, T Dagklis, C Vosnakis, E Nounopoulos, D Rousso…
Hypertension, 2014•Am Heart AssocDiscussion To our best knowledge, this is the first report on the effective use of pravastatin in
a preeclamptic woman with APS. Pravastatin reversed preeclampsia clinical symptoms
allowing the pregnancy to go to term. The recidivism of preeclampsia after stopping the
treatment highlights the efficacy of pravastatin in abrogating preeclampsia.
a preeclamptic woman with APS. Pravastatin reversed preeclampsia clinical symptoms
allowing the pregnancy to go to term. The recidivism of preeclampsia after stopping the
treatment highlights the efficacy of pravastatin in abrogating preeclampsia.
Discussion
To our best knowledge, this is the first report on the effective use of pravastatin in a preeclamptic woman with APS. Pravastatin reversed preeclampsia clinical symptoms allowing the pregnancy to go to term. The recidivism of preeclampsia after stopping the treatment highlights the efficacy of pravastatin in abrogating preeclampsia.
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