Cardiovascular disease family history and risk of pregnancy loss.

Affiliation

Epidemiology Branch, Division of Intramural Population Health Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD. Electronic address: [Email]

Abstract

To determine whether family history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a risk factor for pregnancy loss, given potential shared etiology, including vascular mechanisms involved in reproduction and placentation.

Keywords

Cardiovascular disease,Family history,Hypertension,Pregnancy loss,