Long-Term Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Women Who Have Had Infants With Heart Defects
Author(s) -
Nathalie Auger,
Brian J. Potter,
Marianne BilodeauBertrand,
Gilles Paradis
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.117.030277
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , heart disease , proportional hazards model , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , confidence interval , cohort , pregnancy , heart failure , cohort study , comorbidity , preeclampsia , obstetrics , physics , biology , optics , genetics
The possibility that congenital heart defects signal a familial predisposition to cardiovascular disease has not been investigated. We aimed to determine whether the risk of cardiovascular disorders later in life was higher for women who have had newborns with congenital heart defects.
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