TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving cardiovascular workforce competencies in cardio-obstetrics
T2 - Current challenges and future directions
AU - Sharma, Garima
AU - Zakaria, Sammy
AU - Michos, Erin D.
AU - Bhatt, Ami B.
AU - Lundberg, Gina P.
AU - Florio, Karen L.
AU - Vaught, Arthur Jason
AU - Ouyang, Pamela
AU - Mehta, Laxmi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Authors. Published on behalf of the American Heart Association, Inc., by Wiley.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Maternal mortality in the United States is the highest among all developed nations, partly because of the increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease in pregnancy and beyond. There is growing recognition that specialists involved in car-ing for obstetric patients with cardiovascular disease need training in the new discipline of cardio-obstetrics. Training can include integrated formal cardio-obstetrics curricula in general cardiovascular disease training programs, and developing and disseminating joint cardiac and obstetric societal guidelines. Other efforts to help strengthen the cardio-obstetric field include increased collaborations and advocacy efforts between stakeholder organizations, development of US-based registries, and widespread establishment of multidisciplinary pregnancy heart teams. In this review, we present the current challenges in creating a cardio-obstetrics community, present the growing need for education and training of cardiovascular disease prac-titioners skilled in the care of obstetric patients, and identify potential solutions and future efforts to improve cardiovascular care of this high-risk patient population.
AB - Maternal mortality in the United States is the highest among all developed nations, partly because of the increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease in pregnancy and beyond. There is growing recognition that specialists involved in car-ing for obstetric patients with cardiovascular disease need training in the new discipline of cardio-obstetrics. Training can include integrated formal cardio-obstetrics curricula in general cardiovascular disease training programs, and developing and disseminating joint cardiac and obstetric societal guidelines. Other efforts to help strengthen the cardio-obstetric field include increased collaborations and advocacy efforts between stakeholder organizations, development of US-based registries, and widespread establishment of multidisciplinary pregnancy heart teams. In this review, we present the current challenges in creating a cardio-obstetrics community, present the growing need for education and training of cardiovascular disease prac-titioners skilled in the care of obstetric patients, and identify potential solutions and future efforts to improve cardiovascular care of this high-risk patient population.
KW - Cardio-obstetrics
KW - Cardiovascular disease prevention
KW - Preeclampsia/pregnancy
KW - Pregnancy and postpartum
KW - Training
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U2 - 10.1161/JAHA.119.015569
DO - 10.1161/JAHA.119.015569
M3 - Article
C2 - 32482113
AN - SCOPUS:85086524316
SN - 2047-9980
VL - 9
JO - Journal of the American Heart Association
JF - Journal of the American Heart Association
IS - 12
M1 - e015569
ER -