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Microvascular dysfunction: a link between pre-eclampsia and maternal coronary heart disease.

Jane E Ramsay1, Frances Stewart, Ian A Greer

  • 1Division of Developmental Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Royal Infirmary University NHS Trust, UK.

Summary

Pregnancy complicated by pre-eclampsia is linked to later coronary heart disease. Impaired microvascular function, a marker of insulin resistance, may underlie this increased vascular disease risk in women.

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