Exploring Biomarkers and Classification of Hypertension in Pregnancy

February 2024 has seen its share of medical and mainstream media stories highlighting hypertensive disorders in pregnancy. While some of this can be considered “old news”, there is “new news” and new developments on the horizon. We have covered hypertensive disorders in pregnancy on several past episodes; however, in this episode, we are going to pick up where we left off and review what the current state of understanding is for AHA/ACC Stage 1 hypertension in pregnancy. Does stage I hypertension in pregnancy require medication? What about antepartum fetal surveillance? What are these patients at risk for? Listen in as we simplify the latest data and summarize the latest evidence regarding serum biomarkers for hypertensive disorders in pregnancy.