2024 heart disease and stroke statistics: a report of US and global data from the American Heart Association

SS Martin, AW Aday, ZI Almarzooq, CAM Anderson… - Circulation, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
BACKGROUND: The American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the National
Institutes of Health, annually reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease …

Structural racism and adverse maternal health outcomes: a systematic review

EM Hailu, SR Maddali, JM Snowden, SL Carmichael… - Health & Place, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract In the United States, racial disparities in adverse maternal health outcomes remain
a pressing issue, with Black women experiencing a 3–4 times higher risk of maternal …

Structural heteropatriarchy and maternal cardiovascular morbidities

BG Everett, MM Philbin, P Homan - Social Science & Medicine, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The United States has some of the poorest maternal health outcomes of any
developed nation. Existing research on maternal cardiovascular morbidities has focused …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical presentation, maternal-fetal, and neonatal outcomes of early-onset versus late onset preeclampsia-eclampsia syndrome in a teaching hospital in a …

H Teka, A Yemane, HE Abraha, E Berhe, H Tadesse… - PloS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Pre-eclampsia-eclampsia syndrome remains the leading cause of maternal and
neonatal mortality worldwide. Both from pathophysiologic and clinical stand points, early …

[HTML][HTML] Intersectionality in Alzheimer's disease: the role of female sex and Black American race in the development and prevalence of Alzheimer's disease

MB Misiura, B Butts, B Hammerschlag, C Munkombwe… - …, 2023 - Elsevier
It is well known that vascular factors and specific social determinants of health contribute to
dementia risk and that the prevalence of these risk factors differs according to race and sex …

[HTML][HTML] Use of self-measured blood pressure monitoring to improve hypertension equity

EC Khoong, Y Commodore-Mensah, CR Lyles… - Current hypertension …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review To evaluate how self-measured blood pressure (SMBP)
monitoring interventions impact hypertension equity. Recent Findings While a growing …

[HTML][HTML] A Balancing Act: Navigating Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy at Very Advanced Maternal Age, from Preconception to Postpartum

M Lopian, L Kashani-Ligumsky, A Many - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2023 - mdpi.com
The decision to postpone parenting has gained momentum in recent years, a shift driven by
evolving social dynamics and improved access to fertility treatments. Despite their …

[HTML][HTML] Postpartum home blood pressure monitoring: a systematic review

DW Steele, GP Adam, IJ Saldanha… - Obstetrics & …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: To assess the effectiveness of postpartum home blood pressure (BP)
monitoring compared with clinic-based follow-up and the comparative effectiveness of …

Novel therapeutic and diagnostic approaches for preeclampsia

M Vatish, VR Powys, AS Cerdeira - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
We provide an updated framework of the current approaches to define and diagnose
preeclampsia. Disease modifying therapies (in particular, targeting the angiogenic pathway) …

Maternal cardiovascular disorders before and during pregnancy and offspring cardiovascular risk across the life course

R Gaillard, VWV Jaddoe - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2023 - nature.com
Obesity, hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus and dyslipidaemia are highly prevalent
among women of reproductive age and contribute to complications in> 30% of pregnancies …