American Heart Association: Pregnancy complications or red flags for women suffering from heart disease

About 10% to 15% of pregnant women will have adverse pregnancy outcomes, including risk factors related to cardiovascular disease, as well as some problems related to fetal health, such as low birth weight, older gestational age, and fetal growth restriction, etc.

On March 29, a scientific statement issued by the American Heart Association in the "Circulation" today pointed out: pregnancy-related complications (hypertension, gestational diabetes, premature birth, small gestational age childbirth, pregnancy loss or placental dissection) may be Increase the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in women in the future.

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The statement reported on the risks associated with several pregnancy complications:

• Hypertension during pregnancy can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease in women by 67% and the risk of stroke by 83%.
  
  

  A healthy diet can improve the cardiovascular health of all women.

  
  Eating a diet that is good for heart health, sticking to good sleep and increasing physical activity, and continuing postpartum, may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease .
  
  Lactation/breastfeeding may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and metabolic disease (including type 2 diabetes) in later life.
  
  

  "If a woman has these adverse pregnancy results, please closely monitor blood pressure, type 2 diabetes and blood lipid screening.

  
  

  The statement recommends that certain patients consider the use of preventive drug treatment as appropriate to better understand the effects of drugs that prevent cardiovascular disease in women with poor pregnancy.

  
  

  "Pregnancy and postpartum should be a "golden" opportunity for clinicians to identify disease risks in young women and work with them to improve cardiovascular health.

  
  

   

  
  
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