Cardiovascular Diseases: News and Research on Embolism and Thrombosis

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Age does not appear to drive cardiovascular risk in pregnancy

Underlying cardiovascular risk, rather than older age, drives complications such as venous thromboembolism, cardiomyopathy and heart failure during pregnancy, according to new Weill Cornell Medicine research. The findings ...

Five health conditions mothers can develop after giving birth

During pregnancy, a mother's body undergoes vast structural and functional changes. But what many might not know is that the after-effects of these changes can last long after giving birth—and can even result in the development ...

Predicting who will develop blood clots

Blood clots that form in veins—known as venous thromboembolisms—are a leading cause of illness and death worldwide. Despite the serious threat they pose to human health, researchers have never fully understood why these clots ...

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