Vascular dysfunction in preeclampsia

Thesis

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Contents

Patient selection criteria used in this thesis

List of abbreviations

Part I General Introduction

Chapter 1 General introduction and aims of this thesis

Chapter 2 Vascular function in preeclampsia

Chapter 3 Microparticles in cardiovascular diseases

Part II Microparticles and vascular dysfunction in preeclampsia

Chapter 4 Endothelial function in myometrial resistance arteries of normal pregnant women perfused with syncytiotrophoblast microvillous membranes

Chapter 5 Microparticle subpopulations are increased in preeclampsia: possible involvement in vascular dysfunction?

Chapter 6 Isolated microparticles, but not whole plasma, from women with preeclampsia impair endothelium-dependent relaxation in isolated myometrial arteries from normal pregnant women

Chapter 7 The phospholipid composition of microparticles and endothelial dysfunction in preeclampsia

Chapter 8 Enhanced coagulation activation in preeclampsia: the role of aPC resistance, microparticles and other plasma constituents

Part III The resistance vasculature in preeclampsia

Chapter 9 Resistance artery smooth muscle function in pregnancy and preeclampsia

Chapter 10 Vascular remodeling in pregnancy and preeclampsia

Chapter 11 Endothelial dysfunction in the uterine circulation in preeclampsia: can estrogens improve it?

Part IV Epilogue and conclusions

Chapter 12 Epilogue and conclusions

References

Summary

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Coauthors

Dankwoord

Curriculum Vitae

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