Why the study?
Advances in open-heart surgery have led to the majority of women with congenital heart defects surviving to childbearing age, posing cardiovascular risks during pregnancy and peripartum.
Careful individualized, multi-disciplinary pre-pregnancy risk assessment and follow-up planning can reduce cardiovascular risks in pregnant women with congenital heart disease.
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Supports individualized multidisciplinary pre-pregnancy counseling in women with CHD; leaves open which residual lesions confer highest peripartum risk.
Greutmann et al. (2015) studied this question.
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