Better CV management could improve pregnancy-related mortality

CVD is the leading cause of maternal deaths in the U.S., contributing to a more than twofold increase in pregnancy-related mortality from 1987 to 2015, and better CV management in pregnant women is needed, according to a presenter.

Additionally, Black women experienced a more than threefold greater risk for pregnancy-related mortality compared with white or non-Hispanic women, Renee P. Bullock-Palmer, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASNC, FASE, FSCCT, director of the Women’s Heart Center at the Deborah Heart and Lung Center in Browns Mills, New Jersey, said during a presentation at the American Society for Preventive Cardiology Congress on CVD Prevention.