title: Women with cardiovascular risk after preeclampsia: is there follow-up within the Unified Health System in Brazil?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to identify women with cardiovascular risk, five years after a pre-eclampsic episode (PE), and identify the follow-up of these women within the Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde--SUS), in the city of Natal/RN.
  
  
  METHODS
  a quantitative and exploratory study conducted at the Januário Cicco University Maternity Ward/RN. The sample consisted of 130 women, 65 with a PE episode and 65 who were normotensive.
  
  
  RESULTS
  we found statistical significance with regard to body mass index, weight, family history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cardiovascular complications when comparing women with previous PE to normotensive women. The groups were unaware of their cardiovascular risk factors and, in addition, they reported difficulties in accessing primary health care (PHC) services.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  women with a PE history are at increased risk of developing CVD, unaware of late PE complications, and lacked customized care when compared to normotensive patients.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Departamento de Enfermagem, NatalRN, Brazil, Doctoral student and Assistant Professor, Departamento de Enfermagem, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria de Lourdes Costa da
authors.initials: Mde L
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Escola de Enfermagem, NatalRN, Brazil, Doctoral student, Departamento de Enfermagem, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil. Professor, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Cristina Araújo de Andrade
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Galvão
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Departamento de Enfermagem, NatalRN, Brazil, PhD, Professor, Departamento de Enfermagem, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil.
authors.forename: Nilba Lima de
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Centro de Biociências, NatalRN, Brazil, PhD, Associate Professor, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil.
authors.forename: George Dantas de
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Azevedo
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Centro de Biociências, NatalRN, Brazil, PhD, Full Professor, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil.
authors.forename: Selma Maria Bezerra
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Jerônimo
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Centro de Biociências, NatalRN, Brazil, PhD, Associate Professor, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Cristina Pinheiro Fernandes de
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Araújo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia; D011247:Pregnancy; D012307:Risk Factors