Journal article
Preventing Complications in Pregnant Women With Cardiac Disease
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Pregnancy can lead to complications in women with heart disease, and these complications can be life threatening. Understanding serious complications and how they can be prevented is important.
OBJECTIVES: The primary objectives were to determine the incidence of serious cardiac events (SCEs) in pregnant women with heart disease, whether they were preventable, and their impact on fetal and neonatal outcomes. Serious obstetric events …
Authors
Pfaller B; Sathananthan G; Grewal J; Mason J; D’Souza R; Spears D; Kiess M; Siu SC; Silversides CK
Journal
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Vol. 75, No. 12, pp. 1443–1452
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
March 2020
DOI
10.1016/j.jacc.2020.01.039
ISSN
0735-1097