New Delhi, Feb. 3 -- Women who give birth to twin babies are two times more at risk of facing a heart problem than those with singleton births, according to a study on Monday.

The research, published in the European Heart Journal, showed that the mother of twins is at higher risk of hospitalisation due to heart disease a year after birth.

Notably, the risk is even higher in those who had a high blood pressure condition during pregnancy, also known as preeclampsia.

The study, led by researchers from Rutgers University in the US, comes as "the rate of twin pregnancies worldwide has risen in recent decades, driven by fertility treatments and older maternal ages".

"The maternal heart works harder for twin pregnancies than for singleton pr...