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Author(s): Phyo Htet Khaing , G Louise Buchanan , Vijay Kunadian Added: 3 years ago
Many profound physiological changes take place in the cardiovascular system during pregnancy to meet the increased metabolic demands of both the mother and foetus. Such changes include an increase in circulating blood volume and cardiac output and decreases in systemic vascular resistance, blood pressure and hypercoagulation.1,2 The increase in circulatory burden during pregnancy and the… View more
Author(s): Chiara Fraccaro , Noemie Tence , Giulia Masiero , et al Added: 3 years ago
Valvular heart disease (VHD) is encountered in approximately 1% of pregnancies, significantly increasing both maternal and foetal risk.1,2 Rheumatic VHD remains the most common form in non-Western countries, whereas congenital heart disease dominates in the Western world.3,4 As increasing numbers of women with congenital heart disease are reaching childbearing age, the prevalence of women of… View more
Author(s): Gianfranco Aprigliano , Altin Palloshi , Nuccia Morici , et al Added: 3 years ago
Cardiovascular diseases represent the leading cause of mortality in pregnancy.1,2 They are classified as direct (acute onset disease) or indirect (worsening of pre-existing cardiac disease). This overview is focused on acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in pregnancy and the post-partum period. ACS in this setting is a rare condition, but in the last two decades its incidence has grown.3 This… View more
Dr Jolien Roos-Hesselink is Professor of Cardiology at the Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. She is director of the Department of Adult Congenital Heart Disease. Dr Roos-Hesselink research involves Congenital Heart Disease, Aortic disease, Endocarditis and Pregnancy and maternal cardiac disease. She has authored and co-authored over 300 scientific publications and mentored 17 PhD students… View more
Ki Park

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Job title: Associate Professor
Ki Park MD, MS is an Associate Professorof Medicine and an Interventional Cardiologist at the University of Florida and Malcom Randall VA Medical Center in Gainesville, FL. She completed her internal medicine residency, general cardiology fellowship and interventional cardiology fellowship at the University of Florida. She also completed a Cardiovascular Cell Therapy Research Network… View more
Research Area(s) / Expertise:

Intervention

Job title: Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Dr Dawn Adamson is an interventional cardiologist and Associate Medical Director, specializing in obstetric cardiology and Adult Congenital Heart Disease. Dr Adamson serves as theNational Specialty Advisor for Cardiology for NHS Englandand she is theLead for NHS England Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Expert Advisory Group. After completing her general medical training, she pursued a PhD in… View more
Research Area(s) / Expertise:

Prevention & Chronic Conditions

Structural Intervention

Congenital Heart Disease

Inherited and Congenital Cardiac Conditions

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Pregnancy

Job title: Director, Women Heart Health Programme, Senior Consultant, Department of Cardiology, National University Heart Centre, Singapore