Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnant Women Receiving Fertility Treatments.

Int J Fertil Steril

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic

Published: July 2018

Hypertensive disorders (HDs) as the most prevalent medical problem during pregnancy, predispose the patient to a lot of comorbidities and may even cause maternal or fetal death. The rate of infertility has been increasing in recent decades. So, we collected and summarized data about the co-existence of these two entities and found that HDs are somewhat more common in women receiving fertility treatments regardless of pathophysiologic correlation of infertility and hypertension or older age and chance of multiple pregnancies.

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