Hypertension arising during pregnancy remains one of the two most frequently-cited causes of maternal death in the UK. In some cases, pregnancy is unmasking underlying hypertension, which manifests ...

Background: Cardiac and vascular complications are the leading causes of maternal mortality and morbidity, but the contemporary burden of and secular trends in pregnancy-related cardiovascular ...

“Roughly 6% of all maternal deaths in the United States are due to a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy,” said Joan Briller, MD, of the University of Illinois, Chicago, in a presentation at the ...

Women with blood-pressure levels in a range considered clinically normal during pregnancy, and who have no drop in blood pressure in the middle of pregnancy, face an increased risk of developing ...

Pregnancy Is Associated With Mortality Outcomes in PAH Because pregnancy causes physiologic changes in circulation, in which the pulmonary flow and cardiac output are greatly increased, women with ...

Superimposed preeclampsia occurs when a person with high blood pressure during pregnancy develops preeclampsia. Chronic hypertension affects 1% to 2% of pregnant people. Of these, about 20% develop ...

High blood pressure during pregnancy is common, but it doesn’t always mean preeclampsia. It may appear early, late, or even ...