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Social Determinants of Health
August 7, 2024

The Urgent Need to Improve Outcomes for Pregnant Cardiovascular Trainees

Author Affiliations
  • 1Clinical Heart and Vascular Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
  • 2Deputy Editor, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, JAMA Cardiology
  • 3Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
  • 4Associate Editor and Web Editor, JAMA Cardiology
  • 5Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle
  • 6Associate Editor, JAMA Cardiology
  • 7Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
  • 8Associate Editor for Translational Science, JAMA Cardiology
  • 9Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
  • 10Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York
JAMA Cardiol. 2024;9(10):869-870. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2024.2318

Even as a small group of women in cardiology, we have collectively experienced infertility, miscarriage, stillbirth, low birth weight, preterm birth, and other pregnancy-related complications that affected both our health and the health of our children. Our experiences are unfortunately common among our peers. Prior research has shown that clinical surgical trainees are at increased risk of both infertility/subfertility and pregnancy-related complications.1 Yet, delaying pregnancy until after training confers its own risks, due to both age-related fertility decline and increased risk of complications with older maternal age.

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