What attacks are we talking about? Hypertensive abnormalities, hypercholesterolemia, myocardial infarction, cardiomyopathies, arrhythmias, valvular, thromboembolic, aortic and cerebrovascular diseases.
How to explain it? Today, women are having children later and later. And co-morbidities such as overweight, obesity, diabetes or hypertension are increasingly diagnosed in women, even before they get pregnant. “To prevent cardiovascular complications, it is essential to analyze the history of women as soon as a parental plan is formulated, during the very first pre-conceptual consultations”, explains Professor Laxmi S. Mehta, main author of the study. . “This cardio-obstetrical follow-up significantly reduces the risk of maternal mortality during pregnancy and in the year following childbirth. “
In France, Prof. Claire Mounier-Vehier, head of the cardiology service at Lille University Hospital and co-founder of the Foundation “Agir pour le Coeur des Femmes”, recalls the importance of multidisciplinary care for pregnant women. A course of prevention and care provided by “cardiologists, gynecologists, general practitioners and health professionals in a multidisciplinary city-hospital partnership”.
Note: in the United States, cardiovascular complications are the leading cause of death in childbirth. In France, after hemorrhages, strokes during pregnancy are the leading cause of maternal death.
Breastfeeding, a practice to be promoted
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