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September 5, 2025Arquivos Brasileiros de CardiologiaOpen Access

REBECGA: Brazilian Registry of Heart Disease and Pregnancy. Multicenter Epidemiological Study of Heart Diseases in Pregnancy: Retrospective Cohort

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WÁWalkíria Samuel ÁvilaHospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São PauloALAlexandre Jorge Gomes de LucenaHospital de Magalhães LemosCFCláudia Maria Vilas FreireUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais

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Implication

Multicenter retrospective cohort reveals heart disease's impact during pregnancy, highlighting maternal mortality risks.

Key Points

  • Heart disease is the leading non-obstetric cause of maternal death, affecting about 4% of pregnancies.
  • The study included 638 women with various heart conditions, with valvular disease being the most prevalent at 37.8%.
  • Main complications observed were heart failure (16.7%) and arrhythmia (10.7%), with 18 maternal deaths documented.
  • Predictive factors for adverse outcomes include WHO class IV risk and pulmonary hypertension.

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Ávila et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68bb4e016d6d5674bcd02825https://doi.org/10.36660/abc.20240807i
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