Cardiovascular and metabolic characteristics 40 years after hypertensive pregnancies: a long-term follow-up study of mothers.

Objectives: Maternal cardiovascular morbidity is increased after hypertensive pregnancies (HTP). The pathways from complicated pregnancies to future cardiovascular disease are complex. The aim of the present study was to test the hypothesis that different cardiovascular mechanisms are changed in women who experienced HTP four decades earlier in comparison to women with normotensive