![]() He said SMFM will continue to evaluate the AHA guidelines. ![]() Mercer confirmed that SMFM experts had not been consulted for the AHA guidelines. The SMFM statement also noted disparity among guidelines for "treatment of acute-onset versus chronic hypertension during pregnancy." The ACOG and AHA guidelines have "different diagnostic criteria for pre-eclampsia, differing recommendations for the use of low-dose aspirin for the prevention of pre-eclampsia and the threshold for initiating antihypertensive medications for pregnant patients with chronic hypertension," according to the statement. ![]() In the SMFM's official statement, leadership danced around the issue that the AHA guidelines could potentially put pregnant women with hypertension at serious risk through outdated methods of management. ![]()
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