Novel collaborative cardiology and maternal fetal medicine practice – experience at the heart and pregnancy program

Gut and Reproductive Tract Microbiota Adaptation during Pregnancy: New Insights for Pregnancy-Related Complications and Therapy

“…In fact, from fertilization until delivery, the maternal body changes and activates a series of physiological transformations to welcome the new life [1]. Several adjustments in the hemodynamic state [2] and in respiratory, cardiac [3,4], urogenital [5,6] and gastrointestinal systems [7,8] occur. The microbiota as a component of human bodies is subject to these modifications and at the same time it contributes, through the production of active metabolites, to them.…”

Assessment and Prediction of Cardiovascular Contributions to Severe Maternal Morbidity

“… 115 This close interdisciplinary collaboration has been shown to reduce overall cardiac-related rates of SMM. 116 …”

Impact of type of maternal cardiovascular disease on pregnancy outcomes among women managed in a multidisciplinary cardio-obstetrics program

“…We previously published our initial 4 year referral patterns as a quality improvement study, including all women referred to the program (173) both with and without documented CVD. 8 The objective of our current study is to compare pregnancy outcomes of women with different CVD types (congenital heart disease, acquired heart disease, arrhythmias/channelopathies or aortopathies) followed in this multidisciplinary program since 2010 with diagnostic confirmation of CVD. We hypothesize that cardiac and obstetric outcomes in women with preexisting cardiovascular disease would vary depending on the CVD category.…”