Maternal and Offspring Outcomes in Pregnant Women With Pre-existing ASCVD

A growing body of evidence supports associations between cardiovascular health and adverse pregnancy outcome and between adverse pregnancy outcome and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and builds on the well-established pathways known to exist between cardiovascular health and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease across the life course and intergenerationally. Furthermore, previous studies frequently lack comprehensive long-term follow-up, making it difficult to assess the enduring impacts of maternal cardiovascular health on postpartum outcomes and long-term maternal and child health.

the current study aimed to evaluate the associations between maternal pre-existent atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and adverse pregnancy outcomes, and the combined effect of maternal pre-existent atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and adverse pregnancy outcomes on the risk of long-term adverse events of offspring.