Heart disease is becoming the leading cause of maternal deaths despite improvements in maternal healthcare. More women are having heart attacks during pregnancy and shortly after giving birth as per statistics. A recent study revealed that about one in four pregnancy or postpartum deaths are due to cardiovascular complications. In particular hypertensive disorders affect as many as one in 10 women and cause increased risk of heart failure heart attack and stroke – it said. Heart attacks occur due to reduced blood flow to part of the heart muscle because of a blood vessel blockage. Possible explanations for the upward