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Cardiac disease remains the most common cause of maternal death, highlighting the need for multidisciplinary care and preconceptual counseling for pregnant women with heart disease.
Heart disease is the leading cause of maternal death, requiring multidisciplinary care and preconceptual counseling to optimize outcomes in pregnant women with cardiac conditions.
Requires integrated cardio-obstetrics pathways; leaves open optimal preconceptual strategies pending prospective data.
In women with cardiac disease physiological changes in the cardiovascular system associated with pregnancy may precipitate decompensation. Heart disease is the commonest cause of maternal death. Close multidisciplinary working is important to ensure the best care possible for pregnant women with heart disease.
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Vause et al. (2012) conducted a review in Heart disease in pregnancy. Multidisciplinary management was evaluated. Cardiac disease remains the most common cause of maternal death, highlighting the need for multidisciplinary care and preconceptual counseling for pregnant women with heart disease.
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