Effect of Low-Dose Aspirin on Fetal and Maternal Generation of Thromboxane by Platelets in Women at Risk for Ppregnancy-Induced Hypertension

Abstract

There is evidence that aspirin in low doses favorably influences the course of pppregnancy-induced hypertension, but the mechanism, although assumed to involve suppression of the production of thromboxane by platelets, has not been established. We performed a randomized study of the effect of the long-term daily administration of 60 mg of aspirin (n = 17) or placebo (n = 16) on platelet thromboxane A₂ and vascular prostacyclin in women at risk for pppregnancy-induced hypertension.