Cardiovascular Health News

Previously healthy women who underwent cesarean delivery had increased short-term risk for CVD complications after delivery, according to data presented at The Pregnancy Meeting.

Women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, gestational diabetes or both had higher likelihood of having children with worse CV health 10 to 14 years after delivery, according to a presenter at The Pregnancy Meeting.

Women with concurrent metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and alcohol-related liver disease had an 83% greater risk for all-cause mortality than men and those with ALD alone had 160% greater risk, data showed.

Use of assisted reproductive technology was associated with increased odds of stroke during index hospitalization for delivery, regardless of maternal age, researchers reported.

In this video exclusive, Caroline T. Nguyen, MD, talks with Cynthia A. Stuenkel, MD, MSCP, about diagnosing primary ovarian insufficiency, a condition similar to but different from menopause among women younger than 40 years.

South Korean women positive for high-risk HPV infection were nearly four times as likely to die of atherosclerotic CVD compared with women without HPV infection, even when women had no baseline CVD and low CV risk factors, data show.

Cardio-obstetrics care is often out of reach for women living in underserved rural areas, but there are steps cardiologists and OB/GYNs can take to ensure pregnant people have healthy deliveries despite geographic disparities.

CVD remains the leading cause of pregnancy-related death in the United States, yet across the country access to cardio-obstetrics care ranges from uneven to unavailable, depending entirely on where a woman lives.

The first Friday in February is Wear Red Day. In support of increasing awareness of women’s heart health, Healio | Cardiology Today compiled a list of recent news and updates on women and CVD research.

A substantial number of women experience CV complications during and after pregnancy. Many do not seek routine care and some die of pregnancy-related CVD.