Pre-eclampsia may carry long-term cardiovascular risks for women, revealed new study. Pre-eclampsia is a potentially dangerous condition characterized by high blood pressure that arises in some pregnant women. The Australasian Journal of //Ultrasound in Medicine analysis included 13 studies that measured cardiac function by transthoracic echocardiography between 6 months and 18 years following a pregnancy complicated by pre-eclampsia.
‘Long-term cardiovascular screening might benefit women with a history of pre-eclampsia.’
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"Pre-eclampsia is a real-life 'stress test' and the use of transthoracic echocardiography could help us detect early consequences on the heart before women experience symptoms," said co-author Archana Selvakumar Thayaparan, MbChb, of Western Health, in Australia.
Source-Eurekalert