Synapse
⌘+K
Synapse
PulseExploreClubsResearchersJournals
Instagram
HomeClubsExplore
June 1, 2001Heart

Heart disease and pregnancy

View Full Paper
Ask AI
Bookmark
Share

Population

Pregnant women with heart disease, including congenital heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, and…

Design

Review

Authors

SSSamuel C. SiuAdult Congenital Heart Disease

Discussion

Loading...

Member takes

Implication

Supports counseling most women with heart disease on favorable pregnancy outcomes; leaves open refined risk stratification for high-risk subgroups.

Structured PICO

P
Population
Pregnant women with heart disease, including congenital heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, and peripartum cardiomyopathy.

This review highlights that while most women with heart disease have favorable pregnancy outcomes, specific conditions like Eisenmenger syndrome carry high mortality risk, and physiological hemodynamic changes require careful management.

Cite This Study

Samuel C. Siu (2001) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7d612e3575152c8237e161https://doi.org/10.1136/heart.85.6.710

Topics

Congenital heart disease adultsWomen and heart disease
View Full Paper
Ask AI
Bookmark
Share

Also Consider

Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context:

  1. 1Outcome of Pulmonary Vascular Disease in Pregnancy: A Systematic Overview From 1978 Through 19961998 · 682 citations
  2. 2Pregnancy in patients with pulmonary autograft valve replacement1997 · 75 citations
  3. 3Pregnancy after atrial repair for transposition of the great arteries1999 · 63 citations
  4. 4Long-Term Survival and Valve-Related Complications in Young Women With Cardiac Valve Replacements1999 · 174 citations
  5. 5Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and Office of Rare Diseases (National Institutes of Health) Workshop Recommendations and Review2000 · 125 citations