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Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Performance During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period
Valeria E Duarte1,2,3, Julia A Graf1, Audrey C Marshall4
1Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, and Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Abstract:
Increasing numbers of women with congenital heart disease are undergoing pregnancy after transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement (TPVR). We present the course of 9 pregnancies in 7 women with TPVR, noting pre-pregnancy, antepartum, and postpartum gradients, as well as maternal cardiac, obstetric, and neonatal outcomes. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).
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