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As chronic hypertension in pregnant women doubled from 2007 to 2021, only about 3 in 5 received medications to treat it, according to the study in an American Heart Association journal.

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Chronic hypertension with superimposed preeclampsia occurs when a pregnant person with high blood pressure that’s preexisting or happens early in pregnancy develops preeclampsia. Early diagnosis ...

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According to a new study, hypertension, also referred to as high blood pressure, among Black and Indigenous pregnant people in the United States doubled between 2007 and 2021.Despite that sharp ...

Source Reference: Leonard SA, et al "Chronic hypertension during pregnancy: prevalence and treatment in the United States, 2008-2021" Hypertension 2024; DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.124.22731 ...

Thus, someone diagnosed with hypertension before pregnancy based on the 2017 ACC/AHA criteria of 130/80 mm Hg would be diagnosed, by ACOG criteria, as a chronic hypertensive.

"For every roughly 100 patients with chronic hypertension who deliver at 39 weeks instead of 40 weeks, we would expect to see one less stillbirth, infant death or adverse newborn outcome," said Rossi.