Outline: Three research projects conducted utilising advanced echocardiography techniques in females with term preeclampsia, obese pregnancy and gestational diabetes. Additional work has investigated the reversal of postpartum cardiovascular dysfunction in an animal model of preeclampsia.
Partners:St George’s University Hospital, London UK; Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), Berlin, Germany; University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.