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Cardiologist passionate about women's cardiovascular health. Tweets are my own
Sep 13, 2018 12 tweets 9 min read
#FITSurvivalGuide: CV disease in Pregnancy #CardioObstetrics

#Tweetorial for new #CardiologyFIT by @MonSangh and @JennLewey @Penn

1⃣CV Physiology
2⃣Peripartum CM
3⃣SCAD
4⃣Valve Dz
5⃣Aortopathy
6⃣Arrhythmias
7⃣HTN Disorders of 🤰
8⃣🤰& Future CV Risk
9⃣Drug Safety 1⃣CV Physiology

**Major changes occur to meet metabolic & circulatory needs of 🚼.

🔸Hemodynamic: ⬇️SVR/BP ⬆️HR/CO ⬆️Plasma ↔️Filling pressure
🔸Structural: ⬆️Chamber/LV mass ⬆️Aortic Compliance
🔸Cardiometabolic: ⬆️Insulin resistance ⬆️Lipid/Trig