Pregnancy after atrial repair for transposition of the great arteries
Why the study?
Does pregnancy pose a significant risk to women who have undergone atrial repair for transposition of the great arteries?
Population
48 women over 18 years old who are late survivors of atrial repair for transposition of the great arteries…
Comparison
Pregnancy vs 57,500 women from the Swiss Statistical Bank in…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
mean 13.7 years
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Supports counseling stable post-atrial repair TGA patients toward low-risk pregnancy; leaves open need for larger prospective confirmation.
Structured PICO
Does pregnancy pose a significant risk to women who have undergone atrial repair for transposition of the great arteries?
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Population
48 women over 18 years old who are late survivors of atrial repair for transposition of the great arteries (TGA), out of a retrospective cohort of 342 TGA patients.
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Intervention
Pregnancy
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Comparator
57,500 women (mean age 26 years) from the Swiss Statistical Bank in Bern
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Outcome
Pregnancy outcomes and maternal cardiac riskhard clinical
Pregnancy in women with TGA who have undergone atrial repair and have normal functional cardiac status appears to be uncomplicated.
Limitations
- relatively small series
Cite This Study
Genoni et al. (1999) studied this question.