Marcin Kurzyna: ESC Guidelines on Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Disease Highlight Updates in VTE Treatment
Marcin Kurzyna, Professor of Medicine and Head of the Department of Pulmonary Circulation, Thromboembolic Diseases, and Cardiology at the Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, shared a post on X:
“European Society of Cardiology Guidelines on cardiovascular disease and pregnancy. Short summary on VTE treatment in pregnancy
Main points:
– in primary prophylaxis, a fixed prophylaxis dose of LMWH is recommended over weight-adjusted dosage protocols
– Pregnancy Heart Team should be involved in pulmonary embolism management
– LMWHs are 1-st line treatment in doses adjusted for early pregnancy body weight
– Catheter-directed therapies or systemic thrombolysis should be recommended in high-risk PE in pregnancy.”
Read the full article here.
Title: 2025 ESC Guidelines for the management of cardiovascular disease and pregnancy
Authors: Julie De Backer, Kristina H Haugaa, Nina Eide Hasselberg, Michèle de Hosson, Margarita Brida, Silvia Castelletti, Matthew Cauldwell, Elisabetta Cerbai, Lia Crotti, Natasja M S de Groot, Mette-Elise Estensen, Eva S Goossens, Bernhard Haring, Donata Kurpas, Carmel M McEniery, Sanne A E Peters, Amina Rakisheva, Antonia Sambola, Oliver Schlager, Florian S Schoenhoff, Tommaso Simoncini, Françoise Steinbach, Isabella Sudano, Lorna Swan, Anne Marie Valente
Stay updated on the latest scientific advancements with Hemostasis Today.
-
Oct 23, 2025, 06:03Melanie Daniel: Wonderful Presentation on Emicizumab by Mickael Rosa at ECTH
-
Oct 22, 2025, 06:17We Will Continue to Raise Awareness and Remind Rveryone That Donating Blood Means Saving Lives - Yeolyan Hematology and Oncology Center
-
Oct 21, 2025, 06:59Samwel Mikaye: Polycythemia and the Risk of Blood Clots
-
Oct 21, 2025, 06:58Samuel Nweke: Interpreting D-Dimer Results
-
Oct 21, 2025, 05:20Ewa Fiorentino Rozek: APS - When “Unprovoked” Clots And Pregnancy Loss Connect
-
Oct 23, 2025, 06:48Omid Seidizadeh Shares Deep Molecular Modeling and Mechanistic Insights into Type 2A VWD
-
Oct 23, 2025, 06:45Mélanie Roussel on D-Dimer Thresholds for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism
-
Oct 23, 2025, 06:28Ramya Ramakrishnan on IDA Association with Depression
-
Oct 23, 2025, 06:07Cedric Hermans: Von Willebrand Disease Diagnosis - From Complexity to Simplicity
-
Oct 23, 2025, 05:45Andrew Larry Frelinger III on Activation of Platelets in Flow Cytometry
-
Oct 23, 2025, 07:11Sebastien Lobet Presented the ACTIVLIM-Hemo Scale
-
Oct 23, 2025, 07:05Syed Ehsan Shah on Advantages of Werfen HemoCell Automation
-
Oct 22, 2025, 08:25Johanna Nystedt: Not Every Day We Can Release a New Blood Product to Meet An Unmet Medical Need!
-
Oct 21, 2025, 06:58Arno Nierich: How Caffeine Affects Red Blood Cells and Blood Storage
-
Oct 21, 2025, 06:43Could Gene Therapy Offer Lasting Quality of Life for People with Hemophilia B?
-
Oct 23, 2025, 06:52Louise Bannon: Thrilled to Witness The Incredible Reach of This Year's World Thrombosis Day!
-
Oct 23, 2025, 06:50Caitlin Raymond to Speak at The 11th Annual Bloodless Medicine and Surgery Society Conference
-
Oct 22, 2025, 10:46Conversation with Ferran Nadeu – Touch Haematology Future Leader 2025
-
Oct 22, 2025, 10:32Lynn Malec - The New Director of the CCBD and Pharmacy at Children's Wisconsin
-
Oct 22, 2025, 09:41Deanna Joseph: Feeling Inspired and Deeply Grateful After Attending the 2025 HTRS SEARCH Workshop