Hypertensive Pregnancy Disorders

Optimal heart health during the first trimester of pregnancy was associated with lower risk for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, a speaker reported.

The prevalence of chronic hypertension during pregnancy doubled in the U.S. since 2008, with no changes in antihypertensive use over the years despite updated clinical guidance on BP control, researchers reported.

Older adults with normal BP living in China were 40% less likely to develop hypertension when using a potassium-enriched salt substitute for 2 years, according to researchers.

Clinicians should screen and carefully follow women during the first year after delivery to reduce long-term CVD risk and optimize CV health after pregnancy, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association.

The long-term stroke risk for Black women rose by an estimated 66% if they had history with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, possibly contributing to their overall higher incidence of stroke compared with other racial groups, data show.

PHILADELPHIA — Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy significantly increase risk for HF in women during pregnancy and later in life, yet many women never receive adequate preconception counseling or follow-up care, according to a speaker.

Risk-stratified timed birth at term, either via labor induction or cesarean delivery, may more than halve the risk for at-term preeclampsia, a leading cause of maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity, researchers reported.

Women with high blood pressure during pregnancy, particularly preeclampsia or eclampsia, experienced a greater decline in cognitive function later in life, according to findings published in Neurology.

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy were associated with greater risks for certain cardiovascular diseases within 24 months of delivery, according to a presenter at The Pregnancy Meeting.

Cannabis use early in pregnancy was associated with adverse placenta-mediated maternal and neonatal outcomes, according to findings presented at The Pregnancy Meeting.