Incorporating Cardio-Obstetrics into Advanced Heart Failure Training

I recently took care of a young woman in her thirties in my fellows ’ clinic with a newly diagnosed non-ischemic cardiomyopathy with mild dilation and a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of 20%. She had presented in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic with decompensated heart failure of unclear etiology. She had three young and healthy children at home, wi th her last pregnancy a few years earlier. She tolerated her prior pregnancies well with the exception of gestational hypertension that evolved into chronic hypertension.

Source: Journal of Cardiac Failure - July 15, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ersilia M. DeFilippis Source Type: research