Sociodemographic risk factors associated with patient follow-up after implementation of a CardioObstetrics program.

• After implementation of our CardioOB program, overall patient follow-up was relatively low. • We identified several sociodemographic factors and pregnancy characteristics associated with CardioOB follow-up. • These data may be useful in developing strategies aimed to increase follow-up and provide care for patients in this select population. Given the association of adverse pregnancy outcomes with risk of developing cardiovascular disease and cardiac events later in life, our institution launched a CardioObstetrics (CardioOB) program aimed to provide long-term care for patients at risk. We performed a retrospective cohort study in order to investigate which patient characteristics were associated with CardioOB follow-up following the inception of the program. We identified several sociodemographic factors and pregnancy characteristics such as increased maternal age, non-English language preferred, married marital status, referral during the antepartum period, and discharged with antihypertensive medications after delivery associated with a higher likelihood of CardioOB follow-up. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]