Endothelial dysfunction and vascular stiffness in women with a previous pregnancy complicated by early or late pre-eclampsia

Pre-eclampsia leads to an increased cardiovascular risk later in life. The persistence of endothelial dysfunction after delivery may represent the link between pre-eclampsia and cardiovascular disease. We aimed at evaluating endothelial function and arterial stiffness after pregnancies complicated by early-onset or late-onset pre-eclampsia and their correlation with gestational age and mean uterine artery pulsatility index both considered at the diagnosis of pre-eclampsia and birth weight percentile.