Abstract
Heart disease continues to be the leading cause of nonobstetric maternal morbidity and mortality. Early diagnosis and appropriate care can lead to prevention of complications and improvement of pregnancy outcome. This paper continues the review and provides recommendations for the approach to high-risk cardiovascular conditions during gestation. (C) 2016 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 502-516 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Journal of the American College of Cardiology |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2-Aug-2016 |
Keywords
- cardiomyopathies
- congenital
- heart defects
- hypertension
- Marfan syndrome
- post-partum period
- pulmonary
- Turner syndrome
- CONGENITAL HEART-DISEASE
- PULMONARY ARTERIAL-HYPERTENSION
- BICUSPID AORTIC-VALVE
- SYSTEMIC RIGHT VENTRICLE
- ATRIAL SWITCH OPERATION
- PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY
- MARFAN-SYNDROME
- GREAT-ARTERIES
- TURNER-SYNDROME
- CORRECTED TRANSPOSITION