Time for cardiac care in pregnancy: beyond 42 days post-partum

Authors

  • Karen Sliwa Cape Heart Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Chris Barnard Building, Cape Town, South Africa
  • Ana Mocumbi Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Marracuene, Moçambique and Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Moçambique

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21542/gcsp.2021.6

Abstract

[first paragraph of article]

Avoidable deaths from pregnancy complications occur on a global scale, with the greatest burden of mortality among women in low-to-middle income countries [1]. Most countries record maternal death only up to 42 days postpartum because of the assumption that avoidable death in pregnant women occurs during pregnancy or shortly thereafter. Although limited, the available data suggest otherwise.

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Published

2021-04-30

Issue

Vol. 2021 No. 1 (2021)

Section

Editorial

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This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license CC BY 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.