the high-risk group. includes women with established heart disease chronic kidney disease or diabetes among other risk factors. but “the at-risk group now captures women with pregnancy complications such as preeclampsia gestational diabetes or pregnancy-induced hypertension ” says [american heart association 2011] guideline chair lori mosca md phd. mosca is director of preventive cardiology at new york-presbyterian hospital and a professor of medicine at columbia university medical center in new york city.
what factors place women at high risk for heart disease?