Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Presentation Abstract
Roundtable on Cardiovascular Risks and Interventions
Cardiovascular disease comprises the leading cause of maternal death in the peripartum and postpartum first year period. Within these events, Black women and other minorities are at higher risk than White women for cardiovascular events. Cardiovascular risk factors alone contribute to increased risk of a complicated pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum period. However, there is an intersection between the traditional cardiovascular risk factors and social determinants of health that exponentially increases this risk. The session will spotlight advances in the understanding and treatment of peripartum cardiomyopathy and will include a patient sharing her personal experience with maternal cardiovascular complications. The subsequent cardiovascular roundtable will address pre-pregnancy and pregnancy risk factors, the intersection and interplay between cardiovascular risk and social determinants of health, and the cardiovascular events that may occur in the pre, peri, and postpartum period. The session will conclude with an open dialogue among the expert discussants.
About Dr. Lindley
Dr. Kathryn Lindley is an Associate Professor of Medicine and an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where she is the Samuel S. Riven Director of the Vanderbilt University Women’s Heart Center. She is a clinical investigator specializing in cardio-obstetrics. She is the current Chair of the Cardiovascular Disease in Women Committee of the American College of Cardiology (ACC), and a member of the ACC cardio-obstetrics work group. Her clinical and research efforts aim to develop multi-disciplinary solutions to reducing short- and long-term cardiovascular complications of pregnancy in women with congenital and acquired heart disease. Ongoing research efforts are currently centered on addressing the relationship between preeclampsia and short- and long-term adverse cardiovascular disease in women, and health care disparities in cardiovascular outcomes contributing to maternal mortality.
Dr. Lindley did not disclose any conflicts of interest for this workshop.