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Trends in Maternal Morbidity and Mortality

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The United States has been experiencing increasing maternal mortality and approximately half of pregnancy-related deaths are due to cardiovascular disease. Unfortunately, significant disparities exist in maternal mortality seen in racial/ethnic minority groups and non-Hispanic White women. Disproportionate rates of medical comorbidities, health education, and limited access to high-quality prenatal care contribute to disparities seen in maternal health and subsequently birth outcomes in newborns. Maternal health is a public health priority. With increasing number of cardiovascular conditions and adverse pregnancy outcomes, multidisciplinary teams taking care of pregnant individuals need to be familiar with normal physiology of pregnancy, modifiable cardiometabolic risk factors, existing disparities, and how maternal health is affected by contemporary issues such as COVID-19 pandemic and changes in abortion laws.

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  1. Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Eunjung Choi & Garima Sharma

  2. Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Nandita S. Scott

  3. Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Katherine E. Economy

  4. Division of Cardiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Melinda B. Davis

  5. Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Inova Fairfax, Virginia, Falls Churh, USA

    Garima Sharma

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  1. Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Garima Sharma

  2. Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Nandita S. Scott

  3. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Melinda B. Davis

  4. Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Katherine E. Economy

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Choi, E., Scott, N.S., Economy, K.E., Davis, M.B., Sharma, G. (2023). Trends in Maternal Morbidity and Mortality. In: Sharma, G., Scott, N.S., Davis, M.B., Economy, K.E. (eds) Contemporary Topics in Cardio-Obstetrics . Contemporary Cardiology. Humana, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34103-8_1

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