Table 4:

Call for action- Clinical practice and healthcare settings

1.	Improved prenatal patient education of cardiovascular risk factors, symptoms of cardiovascular complications of pregnancy, and the importance of long-term preventative care among reproductive age women.
2.	Implementation of multidisciplinary healthcare team education and maternal stroke toolkits to improve recognition of cardiovascular complications and standardization of maternal healthcare delivery.
3.	Reduction of socioeconomic disparities in maternal cardiovascular outcomes, through increased access to healthcare coverage for pregnant and postpartum women, increased access to maternal healthcare in rural areas, and efforts to address systemic racism.
4.	Targeted efforts to reduce knowledge gaps in maternal cardiovascular health, through increased funding for maternal cardiovascular research and increased inclusion of pregnant and postpartum women in clinical trials.