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ReviewAmerican heart journal plus : cardiology research and practice2025

Lactation and cardiovascular health: A comprehensive review.

Xuban Palau Villarreal, Viviana De Assis, Daniela R Crousillat, Amanda L Nielson, Alex M Parker, Maureen W Groër, Adetola F Louis-Jacques

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Review in American heart journal plus : cardiology research and practice, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Observational
  2. Pregnancy and lactation as window to maternal cardiovascular health.American heart journal plus : cardiology research and practice · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Xuban Palau VillarrealCollege of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Viviana De AssisDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Daniela R CrousillatDivision of Cardiovascular Sciences, Department of Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA.
Amanda L NielsonCollege of Medicine, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
Alex M ParkerSection of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Maureen W GroërCollege of Nursing, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA.
Adetola F Louis-JacquesDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lactation is increasingly recognized as a modifiable factor influencing long-term maternal cardiovascular health. This review synthesizes current evidence on the association between lactation and cardiometabolic outcomes such as hypertension, type 2 diabetes, coronary artery disease, dyslipidemia, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular events. This narrative review also addresses clinical, systemic, and policy barriers that impede lactation success.

Indexed as

Breast feedingCardiovascular healthLactationMetabolismOxytocinPregnancyProlactinSocial determinants of health

Identifiers

PMID40689046
PMCPMC12271083

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