Variations in Awareness of Association Between Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes and Cardiovascular Risk by Specialty

ConclusionAwareness of the association between APO and future maternal CVD risk varies by specialty. A significant percentage of the physicians who responded to the survey did not routinely ask about APOs when assessing CVD risk and failed to identify PTB as a risk factor for APOs. Education on this topic and targeted efforts to improve screening for APOs are needed within all specialties to help reduce CVD morbidity and mortality.
Source: Cardiology and Therapy - Category: Cardiology Source Type: research