Figure 2

Comparison of cardiac, arterial and venous hemodynamic parameters between uncomplicated and hypertensive pregnancies. Parameters at the level of aorta (panel A), liver (panel B), right kidney (panel C), left kidney (panel D), right uterine arcuate artery (panel E) and left uterine arcuate artery (panel F). Uncomplicated pregnancy (UP), gestational hypertension (GH), late-onset preeclampsia (LPE) and early-onset preeclampsia (EPE), VI = aortic flow velocity index, as measured by impedance cardiography (ICG), ACI = ICG-measured aortic flow acceleration index; HVI = hepatic vein impedance index, RIVI = renal interlobar vein impedance index; VPTT = venous pulse transit time, APTT = arterial pulse transit time. An asterisk indicates a statistically significant difference at nominal level α ≤ 0.05 with Mann–Whitney U test between UP and GH, between GH and LPE or between LPE and EPE.