The objective of the study was to investigate the association between postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) and subsequent cardiovascular disease. Findings suggest that compared with women who have never had a PPH, women who have had at least one episode of PPH are twice as likely to develop cardiovascular disease in the first year after birth, and some increased risk persists for up to 15 years.

https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.17896

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