Hypertensive Disorder

Women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy or hypertension after pregnancy had significant differences in left ventricular structure and function over time, researchers reported.

Approximately one-fourth of maternal strokes associated with migraine were attributable to a hypertensive disorder, according to data published in JAMA Neurology.

Women with migraines had an elevated risk for maternal stroke that may also be related to hypertensive disorders, according to a research letter published in JAMA Neurology.

Expressing the incidence of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, or HDP, per pregnancy underestimates the number of women affected by HDP compared with expressing HDP per woman, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Hypertensive disorders during pregnancy predicted an increased risk for childhood mental disorders, according to a study published in Hypertension.