Key result
Postpartum cardiovascular screening during the first year after complicated pregnancy optimizes long-term CVD prevention opportunities.
Why the study?
Women with certain pregnancy complications face an increased risk of future cardiovascular disease, yet access to postpartum cardiovascular screening and follow-up care can be challenging, particularly in rural or remote areas.
Highlights the critical role of obstetrical care providers in identifying women with adverse pregnancy outcomes to initiate cardiovascular risk screening and ensure transition to long-term follow-up during the first year postpartum.
Women who have had certain pregnancy complications have an increased risk of future cardiovascular disease. The first year postpartum is an ideal window of opportunity for cardiovascular risk screening, management, and cardiovascular disease prevention. Recognizing that access to postpartum care can be challenging, particularly for those who live in rural or remote areas, it is the role of the obstetrical care providers to identify the women who are at risk and to initiate discussions about the importance of postpartum blood pressure monitoring and cardiovascular risk screening and to identify who is responsible for both the short-term and longer-term medical follow-up.
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Ackerman‐Banks et al. (2026) conducted a review in Pregnancy complications with increased risk of future cardiovascular disease. Postpartum blood pressure monitoring and cardiovascular risk screening was evaluated. Postpartum cardiovascular risk screening during the first year after complicated pregnancy offers a key window for CVD prevention, though no quantitative results are reported.
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