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Disease Associations
Preeclampsia increases risk of future cardiovascular disease and death
May 5th, 2005
Women with a history of preeclampsia have an increased lifetime risk for cardiovascular illness and death, report Yale University researchers. Preeclampsia is a hypertension complication in pregnancy affecting 5% of all women. "Even when a mother's blood pressure returns to normal after delivery, preeclampsia might increase her risk of life-threatening cardiovascular disease," said lead author Edmund F. Funai, MD, associate professor and co-chief, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences. Funai and his team published their findings in the March 2005 issue of...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-05-05)
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