Why the study?
Although more women with complex congenital heart disease reach childbearing age, adequate pregnancy counseling remains uncertain given their wide variety of residual cardiac lesions.
What are the maternal and fetal outcomes and predictive variables of prognosis in women with complex congenital heart disease who become pregnant?
Population
42 pregnancies in 40 women with complex congenital heart disease advised against pregnancy
Design
Cohort study
Authors
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High risks in complex CHD pregnancies, especially with hypoxemia, support caution in counseling; cohort data extend prior reports but leave open need for prospective validation.
What are the maternal and fetal outcomes and predictive variables of prognosis in women with complex congenital heart disease who become pregnant?
Pregnancy in women with complex congenital heart disease is associated with high maternal and fetal risks, particularly in the presence of hypoxemia, reinforcing guidelines that advise against pregnancy in this population.
Ávila et al. (2019) studied this question.
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