Clinical improvement and successful pregnancy in a preeclamptic patient with antiphospholipid syndrome treated with pravastatin

Hypertension. 2014 May;63(5):e118-9. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.114.03115. Epub 2014 Mar 3.

Authors

Eleftheria Lefkou, Apostolos Mamopoulos, Nikolaos Fragakis, Themistoklis Dagklis, Christos Vosnakis, Efthimios Nounopoulos, David Rousso, Guillermina Girardi

PMID: 24591337
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.114.03115

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Antiphospholipid Syndrome / drug therapy*
Antiphospholipid Syndrome / epidemiology
Blood Pressure / drug effects
Blood Pressure / physiology
Comorbidity
Female
Humans
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / pharmacology
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / therapeutic use
Pravastatin / pharmacology
Pravastatin / therapeutic use*
Pre-Eclampsia / drug therapy*
Pre-Eclampsia / epidemiology
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications / drug therapy*
Pregnancy Complications / epidemiology
Pregnancy Outcome*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Pravastatin