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Gestational hypertension linked to later ischemic heart disease.(Women's Health)

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| February 01, 2005 | Tucker, Miriam E. | COPYRIGHT 2009 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

VIENNA -- Both increasing severity and recurrence of gestational hypertension increase a woman's chances of developing ischemic heart disease later in life, Anna-Karin Wikstrom, M.D., said at the 14th World Congress of the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy.

Long-term measures to prevent hypertension should be undertaken in women who experience severe or recurrent hypertension during pregnancy, said Dr. Wikstrom of Uppsala University, Stockholm.

Data from three Swedish medical databases were analyzed for more than 400,000 women with first births since 1973 and for more than 200,000 who gave birth to two infants between 1973 and…

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