Hypertensive Pregnancy Increases Dilated Cardiomyopathy Risk

TOPLINE:  Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) in first pregnancies significantly increased the risk for dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), with an early onset of 5.1 years postpartum compared with 10.6 years postpartum in normotensive pregnancies. METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted this study to investigate whether HDP increase the long-term risk for DCM…