A new episode of the Heart Failure Beat, the HFSA provider podcast, it out now, featuring Drs. Mary Norine Walsh and Kathryn Lindley discussing recent advances across the spectrum of pregnancy and heart failure. Topics include peripartum cardiomyopathy, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, risk factors and the role of biomarkers, and pregnancy in the setting of prior cardiac transplantation or ongoing durable mechanical circulatory support. Future research directions are also highlighted.

The episode calls attention to the Pregnancy and Heart Failure focus edition of the Journal of Cardiac Failure, February 2021, Volume 27, Issue 2.