Key result
Pregnancy in women with pulmonary hypertension presents unique challenges requiring a multi-disciplinary approach by a Pregnancy Heart Team for peripartum and postpartum care.
Why the study?
Pregnancy in women with pulmonary hypertension continues to present unique challenges, requiring a multidisciplinary approach by the Pregnancy Heart Team for peripartum and postpartum care.
Pregnancy in women with pulmonary hypertension remains a high-risk scenario (modified WHO class IV) requiring a multi-disciplinary Pregnancy Heart Team approach.
Requires Pregnancy Heart Teams for modified WHO class IV pregnancies; leaves open optimal individualized strategies pending prospective data.
Modern treatment of pulmonary hypertension has reduced morbidity and mortality associated with this condition and has also improved the quality of life of women with pulmonary hypertension [1]. Pregnancy in women with pulmonary hypertension continues to present unique challenges. Pulmonary hypertension is classified as a modified World Health Organization class IV lesion and women with pulmonary hypertension are advised against pregnancy. Should pregnancy occur in a woman with pulmonary hypertension, and multi-disciplinary approach by the Pregnancy Heart Team is required for peripartum and postpartum care.
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McNeil et al. (2021) conducted a review in Pulmonary hypertension in pregnancy. Pregnancy in women with pulmonary hypertension presents unique challenges requiring a multi-disciplinary approach by a Pregnancy Heart Team for peripartum and postpartum care.
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