Key result
Multidisciplinary and specialized care, including optimized preoperative screening and obstetric/anesthetic management, are crucial for pregnant patients with congenital heart disease.
Why the study?
This review aims to analyze the trends in the management of pregnant patients with congenital heart disease.
Multidisciplinary care and specialized obstetric and anesthetic management are crucial for optimizing outcomes in pregnant patients with congenital heart disease.
Supports multidisciplinary care models for pregnant patients with congenital heart disease; leaves open optimal protocols and outcome validation.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review aims to analyze the trends in the management of pregnant patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). RECENT FINDINGS: The literature that this article reviews specifically highlights the importance of multidisciplinary and specialized care, the unique and variable physiologic differences within the umbrella of CHD in pregnancy, and recommendations for obstetric and anesthetic care in the prenatal and peripartum period. SUMMARY: The findings that this article summarizes have profound implications for clinical practice and management of the patient with CHD, including the optimization of preoperative screening, facilitation of ideal prenatal care to include qualified specialists and resources, and recommendations for optimal anesthetic management during labor and delivery.
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Cutshall et al. (2022) conducted a review in Congenital heart disease in pregnancy. Multidisciplinary and specialized care was evaluated. Multidisciplinary and specialized care, including optimized preoperative screening and obstetric/anesthetic management, are crucial for pregnant patients with congenital heart disease.
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