Why the study?
Heart failure during pregnancy and postpartum increases maternal and foetal morbidity and mortality, requiring expert cardiovascular and obstetric knowledge to optimize management and patient-centred care.
Management of peripartum heart failure requires a multidisciplinary cardio-obstetrics team to optimize diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes.
Integrate cardio-obstetrics teams into peripartum HF protocols; extends Level 1 guidelines to improve maternal-fetal outcomes.
Heart failure is the most common cardiovascular complication during pregnancy and the postpartum period. It is associated with increased risk of maternal morbidity and mortality as well as potentially life-threatening foetal pathology. Management of heart failure in pregnancy requires expert knowledge of cardiovascular disease as well as obstetrics which underscores the importance of multidisciplinary cardio-obstetrics teams in order to optimize diagnosis, treatment and outcome. This includes counselling of women at risk before and during the course of pregnancy in order to strengthen the relationship between medical specialists and patients, as well as to allow patient-centred delivery of care and improve quality of life.
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Rakisheva et al. (2024) conducted a review in Peripartum Heart Failure. Multidisciplinary cardio-obstetrics teams was evaluated. Multidisciplinary cardio-obstetrics teams are recommended for the management of peripartum heart failure to optimize diagnosis, treatment, and patient-centred care.
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