American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 2 , Pages 180.e1-180.e8 , August 2009

Discontinuation of antihypertensive drug use during the first trimester of pregnancy and the risk of preeclampsia and eclampsia among women with chronic hypertension

Presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society, Monterey, CA, June 28-July 2, 2008.

  • Hamid Reza Nakhai-Pour, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada
    • Research Center, CHU Ste-Justine, Montreal, Québec, Canada
    • Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran
    • ,
  • Evelyne Rey, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada
    • Research Center, CHU Ste-Justine, Montreal, Québec, Canada
    • ,
  • Anick Bérard, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada
    • Research Center, CHU Ste-Justine, Montreal, Québec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints: Anick Bérard, PhD, Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Center, 3175, chemin de la Côte-Ste-Catherine, Montreal (Québec) H3T 1C5 Canada

Received 2 September 2008 ,Revised 12 February 2009 ,Accepted 14 May 2009.

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 Cite this article as: Nakhai-Pour HR, Rey E, Bérard A. Discontinuation of antihypertensive drug use during the first trimester of pregnancy and the risk of preeclampsia and eclampsia among women with chronic hypertension. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;201:180.e1-8.

 The study was supported by the Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec (FRSQ), Réseau québécois de recherche sur l'usage des médicaments (RQRUM), and the National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC).

PII: S0002-9378(09)00527-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.05.019

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 2 , Pages 180.e1-180.e8 , August 2009

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