Population
Pregnant women with and without heart disease
Design
Review
Key result
Echocardiography plays a pivotal role in noninvasively assessing hemodynamic changes and determining fetomaternal prognosis in pregnant women with various heart diseases.
Authors
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May support echocardiography for risk stratification in pregnant cardiac patients; leaves open prospective validation of prognostic impact.
Echocardiography is essential for the noninvasive assessment and risk stratification of pregnant women with underlying cardiovascular diseases.
Kamiya et al. (2008) conducted a review in Pregnancy with and without heart disease. Echocardiography was evaluated. Echocardiography plays a pivotal role in noninvasively assessing hemodynamic changes and determining fetomaternal prognosis in pregnant women with various heart diseases.