Why the study?
What are the pregnancy outcomes and predictive risk factors for complications in women with congenital heart disease?
What are the pregnancy outcomes and predictive risk factors for complications in women with congenital heart disease?
In pregnant women with congenital heart disease, prior cardiac events, NYHA class > II, oxygen saturation < 90%, and left ventricular obstruction strongly predict maternal cardiac complications.
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May support pre-pregnancy counseling in congenital heart disease; leaves open prospective validation before practice change.
Liu et al. (2012) studied this question.
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