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Pregnancy and labor were successfully tolerated without hemodynamic difficulty in a young female patient following complete repair of Fallot's tetralogy, resulting in a healthy baby.
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This case report demonstrates that a patient with completely repaired tetralogy of Fallot can successfully tolerate the hemodynamic changes of pregnancy and deliver a healthy baby.
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May inform pregnancy counseling after repaired tetralogy of Fallot; leaves open need for larger studies to guide risk assessment.
The case is presented of an uneventful pregnancy and delivery in a young Chinese female who had undergone complete repair of Fallot's tetralogy. She was the first patient with this type of congenital heart defect operated on in Singapore, and also the first female to conceive and give birth to a normal, healthy baby after such an operation. Her cardiac status was apparently normal during and after her pregnancy. She tolerated the hæmodynamic changes associated with pregnancy and labour without difficulty.
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Loh et al. (1971) conducted a case report in Fallot's tetralogy (n=1). Pregnancy was evaluated on Pregnancy and delivery outcomes. Pregnancy and labor were successfully tolerated without hemodynamic difficulty in a young female patient following complete repair of Fallot's tetralogy, resulting in a healthy baby.
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