3 Apr 2024 • Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy drastically increase the risk of mortality, cardiovascular, and renal events early after pregnancy. Recurrent, severe, and early‐onset preeclampsia further increases this risk.

• Women with gestational hypertension had a 1.25‐ to 2‐fold higher risk of stroke, acute coronary syndrome, peripheral arterial disease, pulmonary embolism, and chronic kidney disease, and a 2‐ to 4‐fold higher risk of rhythm and conduction disorder and heart failure.
• Women with preeclampsia had a 1.35‐ to 2‐fold higher risk of rhythm or conduction disorder and pulmonary embolism during follow‐up; a 2‐ to 4‐fold higher risk of stroke, acute coronary syndrome, and peripheral arterial disease; and a 7‐ to 9‐fold higher risk of heart failure and chronic kidney disease.
• They were 1.8 times more likely to die and 4.4 times more likely to die of cardiovascular causes.

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