Absolute ventricular volumes (cm3) before, during, and after pregnancy
| Subjects | Before Pregnancy | 15 Weeks’ Gestation | 20 Weeks’ Gestation | 25 Weeks’ Gestation | 30 Weeks’ Gestation | 35 Weeks’ Gestation | Before Delivery (Term) | 6 Weeks after Delivery | 24 Weeks after Delivery | 40 Weeks after Delivery | 52 Weeks after Delivery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthy group | |||||||||||
| 1 | 29.9 | 27.4 | 27.9 | 28.1 | |||||||
| 2 | 14.9 | 12.2 | 11.1 | ||||||||
| 3 | 11.2 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 6.7 | ||||||
| 4 | 17.5 | 17 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 15.3 | ||||||
| 5 | 17.4 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.1 | 15.4 | ||||||
| 6 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 8.6 | 9.5 | 6.8 | 6.3 | ||
| 7 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 16.1 | 16.8 | 18.1 | 14.0 | 11.6 | ||||
| 8 | 17.6 | 19.8 | 20.1 | 20.0 | 21.3 | 18.6 | 17.3 | ||||
| 9 | 17.1 | 17.9 | 17.8 | 15.6 | |||||||
| Preeclamptic group | |||||||||||
| 1 | 11.5 | 10.9 | 8.7 | 7.9 | 9.0 | ||||||
| 2* | 20.7 | 16.7 | 15.2 | 15.1 | |||||||
| 3 | 12.1 | 10.4 | 9.2 | ||||||||
| 4 | 35.2 | 30.4 | 30.3 | 29.0 | |||||||
| 5 | 13.0 | 11.5 |
* Patient treated with diuretics.