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Implantation of Total Artificial Heart in Congenital Heart Disease
Published on: July 18, 2014
[Pregnancy and delivery in women with congenital heart disease]
Krzysztof Preis1, Małgorzata Swiatkowska-Freund, Katarzyna Ciach
1Kliniki Połoznictwa Instytutu Połoznictwa i Chorób Kobiecych AM w Gdańsku.
Objectives:
Perinatal care of women with congenital heart disease is very important for obstetrician.
Design:
The purpose of this study was to analyse the course of pregnancy, delivery and after birth period of women with congenital heart disease.
Material And Methods:
A group of 35 pregnancies and deliveries in patients with congenital heart disease cured in 1998-2003 in the Department of Obstetrics and of Medical University in Gdansk were analysed. The control group was a total of 1657 deliveries in the Department of Obstetrics in the 1998. For statistical analysis of the results the T-Student test was used with the significance level p = 0.05.
Results:
Time of pregnancy, birth weight and length were statistically different to the control group.
Conclusions:
We found no cardiological complications during pregnancy in patients with congenital heart disease at I and II stage NYHA. Time of pregnancy, birth weight and length were statistically different to the control group.
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