What new hypertension thresholds mean for pregnancy care teams

This webinar is on-demand and can be viewed at your convenience.

Hypertensive disorders remain a leading contributor to maternal morbidity, yet blood pressure management during pregnancy and postpartum care continues to evolve.

The release of the 2025 American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology blood pressure guidelines introduces updated thresholds and recommendations that directly affect how clinicians identify risk, monitor patients and plan follow-up care. Without a clear understanding of these changes, care teams may struggle to align practice across obstetrics, nursing and cardiology.

This Becker's Healthcare webinar addresses these challenges head-on. Featured speakers include maternal-fetal medicine, nursing and cardiovascular research experts from Valley Health System, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Emory University and University of North Carolina Wilmington.

Key takeaways include:

How hypertension definitions and thresholds have evolved
Implications for pregnancy and postpartum blood pressure management
Strategies to strengthen hypertension surveillance across care transitions
Ways to support long-term maternal cardiovascular health

Presenters:

Carolyn M. Zelop, MD, FACOG, FAHA, FAIUM

Director of Fetal Echocardiography and Perinatal Research, Valley Health SystemClinical Professor of Ob/Gyn, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Kristal Graves, DNP, MSN, RNC-EFM, C-ONQS

Clinical Nurse Improvement CoachIowa Statewide Obstetrics Mobile Simulation TeamIowa Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM)Iowa Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative (IPQCC)University of Iowa Health Care Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology