Can Blood Vessel Health Answer Questions About Cardiovascular Risk In Preeclampsia Patients?
Get the latest Preeclampsia Foundation news! Sign up By Julie Reynolds, MD and Laney Poye As the Foundation often shares, research shows that women with a history of preeclampsia are two to four times more likely to develop cardiovascular disease (CVD). Researchers and patients both ask, “but why?” Some research suggests that women who get preeclampsia may have an underlying reason that hypertension appears during pregnancy. Other research looks at whether preeclampsia itself may cause damage to a patient’s