Key result
Reproductive health counseling for women with congenital heart disease is essential to manage the increased risks of morbidity associated with contraception and pregnancy.
Why the study?
As more children with congenital heart disease survive to adulthood, reproductive health care is becoming increasingly important given the risks of morbidity associated with contraception and pregnancy.
Highlights the importance of early and comprehensive reproductive health counseling for women with congenital heart disease to manage risks associated with contraception and pregnancy.
Early reproductive counseling may be considered in CHD; leaves open prospective validation of outcomes and optimal protocols.
As more children with congenital heart disease (CHD) survive to adulthood, reproductive health care in this demographic is becoming increasingly important. While all women with CHD can have an increased risk of morbidity associated with contraception and pregnancy, these risks can range from those that are medically manageable to catastrophic sequalae that can affect quality of life. Clinicians should discuss reproductive health before puberty and should counsel for pregnancy, family planning, and contraception. Comprehensive counseling during adulthood should include risks during the peripartum period, fetal risk, and long-term cardiovascular sequalae, and should be done with a cardiologist experienced in CHD. [ Pediatr Ann . 2025;54(2):e70–e73.]
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Bright et al. (2025) conducted a review in Congenital heart disease. Reproductive health counseling was evaluated. Reproductive health counseling for women with congenital heart disease is essential to manage the increased risks of morbidity associated with contraception and pregnancy.
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