Key result
Pregnancy outcome was reported in a 36-year-old woman with complex pulmonary atresia following a prior palliative operation, alongside a review of the literature on maternal and fetal outcomes.
Why the study?
What are the maternal and fetal outcomes of pregnancy in women with complex pulmonary atresia?
Case Report (n=1)
What are the maternal and fetal outcomes of pregnancy in women with complex pulmonary atresia?
This case report and literature review provides insight into the maternal and fetal outcomes of pregnancy in women with complex pulmonary atresia, a rare congenital heart disease.
Single case extends sparse literature on pregnancy in complex pulmonary atresia; leaves open optimal risk assessment and management.
Pulmonary atresia, a rare and complex congenital heart disease, is characterized by the absence of the central pulmonary artery and by the presence of a ventricular septal defect and aortopulmonary collaterals. Pregnancy reports concerning maternal and offspring outcome after palliative operation or repaired pulmonary atresia are sparse. We report here on the outcome of pregnancy in a woman, aged 36, with complex pulmonary atresia in whom palliative operation had been performed at the age of 23. We review the medical literature on pregnancy course as well as maternal and foetal outcome in cases involving this maternal congenital heart disease.
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Stangl et al. (2010) conducted a case report in Complex pulmonary atresia in pregnancy (n=1). Pregnancy was evaluated on Maternal and fetal outcome. Pregnancy outcome was reported in a 36-year-old woman with complex pulmonary atresia following a prior palliative operation, alongside a review of the literature on maternal and fetal outcomes.
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