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Postpartum checkups are necessary for all patients, but this study indicates they are particularly important for patients who undergo infertility treatment to achieve a conception, says a study author
The increased risk was most pronounced in the month following the delivery, particularly in those patients who experienced dangerously high blood pressure.
A study by Rutgers Health experts of more than 31 million hospital records shows that infertility treatment patients were twice as likely as those who conceived naturally to be hospitalized with heart disease in the year after delivery.
The study revealed that the conditions that typically cause dangerously high blood pressure in pregnancy except gestational diabetes doubled the fatal cardiovascular disease risk in women.
Rutgers Health researchers identify patients at risk for preventable death in the year after pregnancy.