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Hypertensive pregnancy disorder, an under‐recognized women specific risk factor for heart failure?

European Journal of Heart Failure

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy as a risk factor for heart failure. BMI, body mass index; CV, cardiovascular; CVD, cardiovascular disease; HELLP, haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelet count. Racial disparities in CV risk and social determinants of health also play an important role in their remote CV risk.

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Expert Perspective: The Obesity Paradox with Salvatore Carbone, PhD

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

Salvatore Carbone, PhD: First, I’d like to point out that obesity is a major risk factor for cardiometabolic disease. There are significant data that show that if you have obesity, you have a high risk of developing coronary heart disease, heart failure, type 2 diabetes (T2D) or risk factors such as hypertension and dyslipidemia. [1]

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