To discuss the cardio-Obstetrics team concept.

To review the reasons for maternal mortality and how to reduce it.

To review Cardiovascular evaluation and diagnosis during pregnancy.

To review the available methods for the assessment the risk of pregnancy in the cardiac patient before conception. 

To review the diagnosis and management of native and prosthetic valvular disease.

To discuss the choice, efficacy and safety of catheter-based interventions during pregnancy in women with valvular heart disease.

To review the management of pregnant women with complex congenital heart disease.

To review the diagnosis and management of dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

To provide an update on peripartum cardiomyopathy.

To review the proper management of arrhythmias in pregnancy.

To review methods of prevention and treatment of complications in pregnant women with arthropathies.

To review the advantages and disadvantages of various methods for analgesia and anesthesia during pregnancy labor and delivery.

To review the management of acute myocardial infarction and spontaneous coronary dissection during pregnancy.

To review the diagnosis and treatment of pregnancy-associated hypertension and preeclampsia.

To review methods for fertility control for the patient with cardiac disease.

To review the risk of cardiac drugs during pregnancy and lactation.

To review the challenges of labor and delivery in women with cardiovascular diseases.

To review the diagnosis and management of pulmonary embolism during pregnancy.

To discuss the approach to the management of patients with syncope and POTS during pregnancy.