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    • Gestational Hypertension & Preeclampsia Clinic

    Pregnancy-related blood pressure (BP) disorders are the most common medical condition, mostly occurring after Week 20. They affect a large percentage of expectant mothers (6–10%) in both developed and developing countries, while they account for 25% of all hospital admissions.

    Preeclampsia, which affects 5% of pregnant women, is the most significant clinical condition. The only effective therapeutic intervention for preeclampsia is delivery, which is typically preterm (50% of all premature births).

    Classification of Arterial Hypertension in Pregnancy

    1. All-cause chronic arterial hypertension (Preexisting arterial hypertension)

    2. Gestational hypertension

    3. Preeclampsia.

    However, there is also an uncommon condition known as late postpartum eclampsia, which is a delayed type of preeclampsia and manifests 48 hours to a few weeks post-delivery.

    4. HELLP (Hemolysis, Elevated Liver enzymes and Low Platelets) syndrome

    Services at GENESIS Hospital

    Sofia Diamantidou, Internist-Hypertension Specialist, is the Scientific Director of the Hypertension Clinic at Genesis Hospital 

    • Risk assessment for developing arterial hypertension in women undergoing IVF, in women who have experienced arterial hypertension in a previous pregnancy and/or preeclampsia.
    • Monitoring of pregnant women who have already developed gestational hypertension and determination of antihypertensive treatment.
    • 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
    • Both pregnant women receiving prenatal care and postpartum women who acquired hypertension and/or preeclampsia during their pregnancy undergo personalized laboratory evaluation with a specific follow-up strategy.
    • Clinical blood pressure monitoring in close and ongoing consultation with the expectant mother’s gynecologist, in addition to other investigations like fetal growth Doppler.
    • Follow up of patients who had preeclampsia and/or hypertension when they first presented, as well as identifying risk factors for developing hypertension in future pregnancies.