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

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