Hypertension affects about 10% of pregnant women, posing severe risks to both maternal and neonatal health. A history of ...

Pregnancy places significant demands on a woman's cardiovascular and metabolic systems. It can also reveal underlying health ...

Prepregnancy counseling, assembling multidisciplinary care teams, and referring to centers with expertise are critical in managing pregnant patients with heart failure to optimize maternal and newborn ...

Growing a fetus is hard work on your body—and your heart. As your baby grows, your blood volume increases by 30–50%, and your heart beats faster to circulate the extra blood throughout your body.

SALT LAKE CITY — During Heart Health Month, expectant mothers need to be aware that pregnancy can put significant stress on the cardiovascular system, with pregnancy-related deaths more than doubling ...

Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a rare condition in which the heart weakens during late pregnancy or after childbirth. Early ...

Pregnancy can be a warning light. Rutgers researchers found that cardiovascular health during pregnancy was linked to how ...

Cardiovascular (CV) disease is the leading cause of maternal mortality worldwide and has been partially linked to the cardiometabolic remodeling required to support fetal growth. In healthy ...

A woman may have no symptoms of heart disease, but still have hidden heart problems as she goes through life unaware of her risk. But one major life event can bring those silent issues to light, ...

Currently up to 10% of women experience high blood pressure during pregnancy – and this number is growing. Over the past two decades, the proportion of women with hypertension during pregnancy has ...

Gestational diabetes was associated with approximately seven times the subsequent rate of type 2 diabetes. Pre-eclampsia and ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) — A mother who faced life-threatening heart complications during her pregnancy is now on a mission to raise awareness about the early warning signs of heart failure in expectant ...