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AHA Statement | Optimizing prepregnancy cardiovascular health improves outcomes for pregnant women, offspring

15 Feb, 2023 | 16:14h | UTC

Summary: This statement highlights the need to optimize cardiovascular health before pregnancy to reduce the risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes and cardiovascular disease in mothers and children. It emphasizes the role of clinicians in promoting early cardiovascular health, clinical trials to investigate interventions, and the use of a life course framework to monitor health. By targeting cardiovascular health before pregnancy, interventions can improve health outcomes across generations.*

Article: Optimizing Prepregnancy Cardiovascular Health to Improve Outcomes in Pregnant and Postpartum Individuals and Offspring: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association – Circulation

News Release: Does risk for heart disease start before birth? – American Heart Association

 

*Note: This summary was created through the collaboration of a medical editor and ChatGPT.

 


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