Highlights
Pregnancy functions as a natural cardiovascular stress test, offering a unique clinical window to identify women at elevated risk for future cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Maternal age, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDPs), and third-trimester concentrations of soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 (sFlt-1) and high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI) are independent predictors of long-term CVD risk.
