Pre-eclamptic pregnancies: An opportunity to identify women at risk for future cardiovascular disease

Women's Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-135

  Craici, Iasmina M ^a   Wagner, Steven J ^b   Hayman, Suzanne R ^b   Garovic, Vesna D ^b  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer; Cardiovascular disease; Deep venous thrombosis; Eclampsia; Ischemic hearth disease; Meta analysis; Mortality; Pre eclampsia; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECLAMPSIA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 41949124176     PISSN: 17455057     EISSN: 17455065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/17455057.4.2.133     Document Type: Review

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