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Suneeta Sunny

Hypertensive Disorders In Pregnancy Linked To Fatal Heart Disease Risk After Giving Birth: Study

The study revealed that the conditions that typically cause dangerously high blood pressure in pregnancy except gestational diabetes doubled the fatal cardiovascular disease risk in women. (Credit: Image by gpointstudio on Freepik)

Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy are linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality for up to a year after birth, a recent study has revealed.

The findings of the latest study published in the journal Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, reveal that the conditions that typically cause dangerously high blood pressure in pregnancy except gestational diabetes doubled the fatal cardiovascular disease risk in women.

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