Heart Failure During Pregnancy & Beyond: Breathing for Two

This session will highlight the growing field of cardio-obstetrics and its intersection with heart failure. There is increasing recognition that pregnancy serves as nature’s stress test, and some women may not tolerate the hemodynamic demands of pregnancy due to underlying cardiovascular risk factors or overt cardiovascular disease. In addition, certain forms of cardiomyopathy can present de novo during pregnancy. Adverse pregnancy outcomes and their association with future heart failure risk will also be explored during this session.

Agenda

• Moderator - Dennis McNamara, MD
• Moderator - Kismet Rasmusson, FNP, HF-Cert, FHFSA
• Tiny Kicks, Shallow Breaths: Evaluation of Dyspnea in Pregnancy - Indranee Rajapreyar, MD
• Catch Your Breath, Heal Your Heart: Safety of Heart Failure Therapies During Pregnancy & Lactation - Karlee Hoffman, DO
• Pregnancy Glow, Breathless Flow: Presentation and Management of Cardiogenic Shock and Advanced Heart Failure During Pregnancy & Postpartum - Jessica Schultz, MD
• Yesterday's Echoes, Tomorrow's Whispers: Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes and Future Risk of Heart Failure - Michael Honigberg, MD, MPP
• Panel Discussion