Open AccessAssociation Between Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and Later Risk of Cardiomyopathy
Author(s) -
Ida Behrens,
Saima Basit,
Jacob Alexander Lykke,
Mattis Flyvholm Ranthe,
Jan Wohlfahrt,
Henning Bundgaard,
Mads Melbye,
Heather A. Boyd
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.2016.1869
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , cardiomyopathy , obstetrics , cardiology , heart failure , genetics , biology
Women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, preeclampsia in particular, have an increased risk of cardiomyopathy during the peripartum period. Whether hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are also associated with cardiomyopathy later in life is unknown.
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