Why the study?
Is pregnancy safe for patients with cyanotic congenital heart disease?
Population
19 patients with fully documented cyanotic congenital heart disease who had 50 pregnancies between 1962 and…
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
10 years (1962 to 1972)
Authors
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May inform counseling for cyanotic CHD pregnancies; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Is pregnancy safe for patients with cyanotic congenital heart disease?
Pregnancy in patients with cyanotic congenital heart disease may not be contraindicated, as no maternal deaths occurred in 50 pregnancies, though offspring had lower birthweights.
G A Batson (1974) studied this question.
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