Pregnancy hypertension linked to heart disease risk decades later

Swedish researchers found that women with high blood pressure during pregnancy face significantly elevated risk of aortic valve calcification and aortic enlargement by middle age. The discovery suggests that pregnancy complications warrant long-term cardiovascular monitoring and could reshape clinical guidelines for women's health screening and insurance risk assessment.

Originaltitel: Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy as risk factors for aortic valve calcification and thoracic aortic dilatation in middle age; a Swedish cohort study