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After gestational hypertension, heart failure risk spikes and stays up for decades

Jenny Blair   |   Clinical Summary   |   16 May 2023
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An important sex-specific risk factor for heart failure comes under scrutiny.

Key finding

Among women with pregnancy-induced hypertension, risk for heart failure is highest in the 6 years immediately following pregnancy and in those with evidence of severe disease during pregnancy. Conducted by a Swedish team, the study appeared in ...

          

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