Journal article
Increased cardiovascular risk after pre‐eclampsia in women with dysglycaemia
Abstract
AIMS: Compared with women with uncomplicated pregnancies, women with a history of pre-eclampsia have two to five times the risk of cardiovascular disease. It is not known whether this risk is related to albuminuria, a known cardiovascular risk factor that is part of the definition of pre-eclampsia and that often persists after delivery. Our objective was to determine if the high risk of cardiovascular disease in women with pre-eclampsia is …
Authors
McDonald SD; Yusuf S; Walsh MW; Lonn E; Teo K; Anand SS; Pogue J; Islam S; Devereaux PJ; Gerstein HC
Journal
Diabetic Medicine, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. e1–e7
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
January 2013
DOI
10.1111/dme.12033
ISSN
0742-3071