Pregnancy outcomes in women with congenital heart disease

• Published in: Circulation (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 113; no. 4; pp. 517 - 524
• Main Authors: KHAIRY, Paul, OUYANG, David W, FERNANDES, Susan M, LEE-PARRITZ, Aviva, ECONOMY, Katherine E, LANDZBERG, Michael J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 31.01.2006
• Subjects: Abortion, Spontaneous - epidemiology; Adolescent; Adult; Arrhythmias, Cardiac - epidemiology; Biological and medical sciences; Blood and lymphatic vessels; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular system; Child; Cohort Studies; Diseases of the peripheral vessels. Diseases of the vena cava. Miscellaneous; Female; Heart Defects, Congenital - epidemiology; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular - epidemiology; Pregnancy Outcome - epidemiology; Pulmonary Edema - epidemiology; Radionuclide investigations; Risk Factors; Sarcoidosis. Granulomatous diseases of unproved etiology. Connective tissue diseases. Elastic tissue diseases. Vasculitis; Tetralogy of Fallot - epidemiology; Pregnancy; Human; Transposition; Prognosis; Arrhythmia; Fallot tetralogy; transposition of great vessels; Cardiovascular disease; heart defects, congenital; Congenital cardiopathy; tetralogy of Fallot; Congenital disease

Pregnant women with congenital heart disease are at increased risk for cardiac and neonatal complications, yet risk factors for adverse outcomes are not fully defined. Between January 1998 and September 2004, 90 pregnancies at age 27.7+/-6.1 years were followed in 53 women with congenital heart dise...