[Pregnancy and heart disease: the role of the Pregnancy Heart Team]

G Ital Cardiol (Rome). 2022 Aug;23(8):631-644. doi: 10.1714/3856.38394.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

A significant risk of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality has been shown to be associated with congenital heart disease or heart disease occurring during pregnancy. Given the increasing number of patients with corrected congenital heart disease who reach fertile age and the more and more common advanced maternal age associated with preexisting or intercurrent comorbidities, a higher incidence of cardiac complications in pregnancy has been reported in the last decades. Improvement in maternal and neonatal outcomes is influenced by a multidisciplinary strategy. The purpose of this review is to assess the role of the Pregnancy Heart Team which should ensure careful pre-pregnancy counseling, pregnancy monitoring, and delivery planning for both congenital heart disease and other cardiac or metabolic disorders.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Heart Defects, Congenital* / complications
  • Heart Defects, Congenital* / epidemiology
  • Heart Defects, Congenital* / therapy
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular* / epidemiology
  • Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular* / therapy