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Implantation of Total Artificial Heart in Congenital Heart Disease
Published on: July 18, 2014
Pregnancy and Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Ami B Bhatt1, Doreen DeFaria Yeh1
1Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Heart Center, Boston, MA, USA; Cardiovascular Disease and Pregnancy Service, Massachusetts General Hospital Heart Center, Boston, MA, USA.
Abstract:
Most women with known congenital heart disease can have successful pregnancy, labor, and delivery. Preconception assessment is essential in understanding anatomy, repairs, and current physiology, all of which can influence risk in pregnancy. With that foundation, a multidisciplinary cardio-obstetric team can predict and prepare for complications that may occur with superimposed hemodynamic changes of pregnancy. Individuals with Eisenmenger syndrome, pulmonary hypertension, cyanosis, significant left heart obstruction, ventricular dysfunction, or prior major cardiac event are among the highest risk for complications.
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