6   Cardiovascular Symptoms: Is It Pregnancy or the Heart?   Melissa Perez and Afshan B. Hameed Key Points •Obstetric care providers should be able to differentiate common complaints of…

16   Arrhythmias in Pregnancy   Dana Senderoff Berger and Lee Brian Padove Key Points •Only 10% of symptomatic episodes of palpitations in pregnancy are due to an arrhythmia •Premature…

21   Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Pregnancy   Lauren A. Plante Key Points •Maternal cardiac arrest occurs in 8–8.5 per 100,000 delivery hospitalizations •Manual chest compressions with rescue breaths is inherently…

13   Vascular Disease and Dissection in Pregnancy   Melinda B. Davis Key Points •Pregnancy increases the risk or aortic dissection by 25-fold above the baseline for the general population…

18   Endocarditis in Pregnancy   Ann K. Lal and Thaddeus P. Waters Key Points •In pregnancy, the most common risk factors for infective endocarditis (IE) are intravenous drug use…

2   The Cardio-Obstetric Team   Diana S. Wolfe Key Points •Care of a pregnant woman with cardiac disease requires collaboration between various disciplines •The multidisciplinary team bridges the gap…

7   Cardiac Diagnostic Testing in Pregnancy   Edlira Tam and Cynthia Taub Key Points •Cardiac complications in pregnant women with heart disease occur in 16% of pregnancies and are…

1   Burden of Cardiovascular Disease   Diana S. Wolfe, Afshan B. Hameed, and Elliott Main Key Points •The United States is one of eight countries in the world with…

17   Thromboembolism and Amniotic Fluid Embolism   Arthur J. Vaught Key Points •Pulmonary embolism accounts for 10% of maternal deaths •The gold standard for diagnosis of pulmonary embolism in…

11   Valve Disease in Pregnancy   Tanush Gupta, Thomas Boucher, and Anna E. Bortnick Key Points •Many patients with significant VHD are not aware of their diagnosis until pregnancy…