Although cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the number-one cause of pregnancy-related death in the United States, a new survey suggests the cardiology workforce may be ill-prepared to care for pregnant ...

Cardiologists need skills in risk assessment, contraception counseling, and hypertension management for pregnant patients, according to Kathryn Lindley, MD, FACC, Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Rural women are at greater risk because of less access to obstetrics departments. But training in emergency obstetrics at rural hospitals could help narrow the gap in care. For women in rural areas, ...

Cardio-obstetrics, a cross-disciplinary specialty that covers the dual needs of cardiovascular disease and pregnancy, has in recent years become a better-known entity. Yet a 2020 survey of US ...

Kathryn Lindley, MD, FACC, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, talks about why it’s important to incorporate cardio-obstetrics training into cardiovascular disease fellowship programs.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers trained 12 obstetrics practices to discuss and recommend flu and Tdap vaccines to patients. Flu ...

Many rural communities have no obstetrician-gynecologists, and each year fewer family physicians are practicing obstetrics as part of their spectrum of care. In response to this need, Kettering Health ...

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WICKENBURG, AZ (AZFamily) — It’s always Something Good when obstetric healthcare becomes more accessible to everyone, no matter where you live. First responders in rural towns across Arizona are ...

VALLEJO, Calif. Noelle's given birth in Afghanistan, California and dozens of points in between. She's a lifelike, pregnant robot used in increasing numbers of medical schools and hospital maternity ...

Background Maternal mortality in Brazil remains elevated despite local initiatives. The TeleICU Obstetric (TIO) project was created to assist intensive care units in reference obstetric ...