Transthoracic echocardiographic assessment of the heart in pregnancy—a position statement on behalf of the British Society of Echocardiography and the United Kingdom Maternal Cardiology Society

Stephanie L. Curtis; Mark Belham; Sadie Bennett; Rachael James; Allan Harkness; Wendy Gamlin; Baskaran Thilaganathan; Veronica Giorgione; Hannah Douglas; Aisling Carroll; Jamie Kitt; Claire Colebourn; Isabel Ribeiro; Sarah Fairbairn; Daniel X. Augustine; Shaun Robinson; Sara A. Thorne

doi:10.1186/s44156-023-00019-8

Transthoracic echocardiographic assessment of the heart in pregnancy—a position statement on behalf of the British Society of Echocardiography and the United Kingdom Maternal Cardiology Society

Stephanie L. Curtis, Mark Belham, Sadie Bennett, Rachael James, Allan Harkness, Wendy Gamlin, Baskaran Thilaganathan, Veronica Giorgione, Hannah Douglas, Aisling Carroll, Jamie Kitt, Claire Colebourn, Isabel Ribeiro, Sarah Fairbairn, Daniel X. Augustine, Shaun Robinson, Sara A. Thorne

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Abstract

Pregnancy is a dynamic process associated with profound hormonally mediated haemodynamic changes which result in structural and functional adaptations in the cardiovascular system. An understanding of the myocardial adaptations is important for echocardiographers and clinicians undertaking or interpreting echocardiograms on pregnant and post-partum women. This guideline, on behalf of the British Society of Echocardiography and United Kingdom Maternal Cardiology Society, reviews the expected echocardiographic findings in normal pregnancy and in different cardiac disease states, as well as echocardiographic signs of decompensation. It aims to lay out a structure for echocardiographic scanning and surveillance during and after pregnancy as well as suggesting practical advice on scanning pregnant women.

Original language	English
Article number	7
Journal	Echo Research and Practice
Volume	10
Issue number	1
Early online date	20 Apr 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s44156-023-00019-8
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 20 Apr 2023
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Echocardiography
Obstetric
Pregnancy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Advanced and Specialised Nursing

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Curtis, S. L., Belham, M., Bennett, S., James, R., Harkness, A., Gamlin, W., Thilaganathan, B., Giorgione, V., Douglas, H., Carroll, A., Kitt, J., Colebourn, C., Ribeiro, I., Fairbairn, S., Augustine, D. X., Robinson, S., & Thorne, S. A. (2023). Transthoracic echocardiographic assessment of the heart in pregnancy—a position statement on behalf of the British Society of Echocardiography and the United Kingdom Maternal Cardiology Society. Echo Research and Practice, 10(1), [7]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s44156-023-00019-8

Transthoracic echocardiographic assessment of the heart in pregnancy—a position statement on behalf of the British Society of Echocardiography and the United Kingdom Maternal Cardiology Society. / Curtis, Stephanie L.; Belham, Mark; Bennett, Sadie et al.

In: Echo Research and Practice, Vol. 10, No. 1, 7, 20.04.2023.

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Curtis, SL, Belham, M, Bennett, S, James, R, Harkness, A, Gamlin, W, Thilaganathan, B, Giorgione, V, Douglas, H, Carroll, A, Kitt, J, Colebourn, C, Ribeiro, I, Fairbairn, S, Augustine, DX, Robinson, S & Thorne, SA 2023, 'Transthoracic echocardiographic assessment of the heart in pregnancy—a position statement on behalf of the British Society of Echocardiography and the United Kingdom Maternal Cardiology Society', Echo Research and Practice, vol. 10, no. 1, 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s44156-023-00019-8

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