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Cardiac Disease after Pregnancy: A Growing Problem
Author(s): Christina Y Aye , Henry Boardman , Paul Leeson Added: 3 years ago
Historically pregnancy has been viewed as only clinically relevant to women and for the relatively brief time from conception to the puerperium. However it is now clear that events during pregnancy have much longer-term implications, particularly for cardiovascular health, both for the mother and her offspring. Pregnancy complications such as hypertension and preterm birth appear to serve as a… View more

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The Fourth Trimester: Pregnancy as a Predictor of Cardiovascular Disease
Author(s): Pensée Wu , Ki Park , Martha Gulati Added: 2 years ago

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Pre-eclampsia and CVD
Author(s): Veronica Giorgione , Matthew Cauldwell , Basky Thilaganathan Added: 10 months ago

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Risk of Complications During Pregnancy in Women with Congenital Aortic Valve Stenosis
Author(s): Els Troost , Werner Budts Added: 3 years ago
The prevalence of heart disease in pregnant women is estimated to be between 0.1 and 4%; although the prevalence has not changed for decades, the relative contribution of different types of heart disease varies according to the study population and the study period. Nowadays, in developed countries the largest group of females with an underlying heart disease consists of women with congenital… View more

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Cardiac Arrhythmias in the Pregnant Woman and the Foetus
Author(s): Hans-Joachim Trappe Added: 3 years ago
Neither supraventricular nor ventricular tachyarrhythmias are uncommon during pregnancy.1,2 When they are diagnosed, patients, relatives and physicians are frequently worried about ectopic beats and sustained arrhythmias.3,4 One should question whether arrhythmias should be treated in the same way as they would be outside pregnancy because all commonly used antiarrhythmic drugs cross the placenta… View more

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Factors Related to Maternal Adverse Outcomes in Pregnant Women with Cardiac Disease in Low-resource Settings
Author(s): Philippe Amubuomombe Poli , Elkanah Omenge Orang’o , Ann Mwangi , et al Added: 3 years ago
Pregnancy in women with cardiac disease is associated with life-threatening complications. Although there has been progress in the field, cardiac disease in pregnancy remains among the leading causes of maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity.1–3 Many studies have shown correlations between pregnancy-related haemodynamic changes and cardiac events.4–7 However, few studies have investigated… View more

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Heterogeneous Populations
CV Risk Biomarkers in Women with Prior Preeclampsia/HELLP Syndrome
Author(s): Esmee ME Bovee , Martha Gulati , Angela Maas Added: 2 years ago

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Roos-Hesselink
Dr Jolien Roos-Hesselink is Professor of Cardiology at the Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. She is director of the Department of Adult Congenital Heart Disease. Dr Roos-Hesselink research involves Congenital Heart Disease, Aortic disease, Endocarditis and Pregnancy and maternal cardiac disease. She has authored and co-authored over 300 scientific publications and mentored 17 PhD students… View more
Ki Park
Ki Park

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Job title: Associate Professor
Ki Park MD, MS is an Associate Professorof Medicine and an Interventional Cardiologist at the University of Florida and Malcom Randall VA Medical Center in Gainesville, FL. She completed her internal medicine residency, general cardiology fellowship and interventional cardiology fellowship at the University of Florida. She also completed a Cardiovascular Cell Therapy Research Network… View more
Dawn Adamson
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 Job title: Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Dr Dawn Adamson is an interventional cardiologist and Associate Medical Director, specializing in obstetric cardiology and Adult Congenital Heart Disease. Dr Adamson serves as theNational Specialty Advisor for Cardiology for NHS Englandand she is theLead for NHS England Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Expert Advisory Group. After completing her general medical training, she pursued a PhD in… View more