Pregnancy-associated mortality due to cardiovascular disease: Impact of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Reported rates of maternal mortality in the United States have been staggeringly high and increasing, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a chief contributor to such deaths. However, the impact of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) on the short-term risk of cardiovascular death is not well understood.

Objectives

To evaluate the association between HDP (chronic hypertension, gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, eclampsia, and superimposed preeclampsia) and pregnancy-associated mortality rates (PMR) from all causes, CVD-related causes both at delivery and within 1 year following delivery.

Methods

We used the Nationwide Readmissions Database (2010-2018) to examine PMRs for females 15-54 years old. International Classification of Disease 9 and 10 diag

SUBMITTER: Lee R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10978238 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature