Abstract 148: Sex-Differences in Fetal Programming of Cardiomyopathy Induced by Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy in Mice

Background: Hypertensive disorders reach one in ten pregnancies worldwide, significantly increasing rates of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. Children born to hypertensive pregnancies can develop special clinical features that are consistent with a preterm or accelerated aging process with signs of cardiac remodeling as early as childhood. The aim of this study was to develop a new ultrasound imaging protocol to describe...