Pregnancy Outcomes in Women With Congenital Heart Disease

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Authors

Paul Khairy · Brigham and Women's Hospital

David W. Ouyang · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Susan M. Fernandes · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Aviva Lee-Parritz · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Katherine E. Economy · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Michael J. Landzberg · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Abstract

Maternal cardiac and neonatal complication rates are considerable in pregnant women with congenital heart disease. Patients with impaired subpulmonary ventricular systolic function and/or severe pulmonary regurgitation are at increased risk for adverse cardiac outcomes.

Topics & Keywords

Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Congenital Heart Disease Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Circulation

Volume 113, Issue 4, pp. 517-524

DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.105.589655

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