Your cardiac patient wants to become a mother. Risk considerations and advice Part I--your cardiac patient asks advice on a possible pregnancy

C Opasich; A Russo; O Catalano; A Criffò; S De Feo; A Addis; L Tavazzi

Your cardiac patient wants to become a mother. Risk considerations and advice Part I--your cardiac patient asks advice on a possible pregnancy

Ital Heart J. 2000 Sep;1(9):605-12.

Authors

C Opasich¹, A Russo, O Catalano, A Criffò, S De Feo, A Addis, L Tavazzi

Affiliation

¹ Cardiology Division, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, Institute of Care and Scientific Research, Pavia, Italy. copasich@fsm.it

PMID: 11130839

Abstract

In this part, the risks and complications of pregnancy in women with active or corrected, congenital or acquired heart disease are reviewed, in order to allow individual counseling on a possible pregnancy or treatment recommendations on contraception.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Contraception
Counseling
Female
Heart Defects, Congenital / physiopathology
Heart Defects, Congenital / therapy
Heart Diseases* / physiopathology
Heart Diseases* / therapy
Humans
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular* / physiopathology
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular* / therapy
Risk Factors