Pregnancy outcome in women with congenital heart disease and residual haemodynamic lesions of the right ventricular outflow tract

European Heart Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1764-1770

  Greutmann, Matthias ^a   Von Klemperer, Katherine ^a   Brooks, Ruth ^a   Peebles, Donald ^b   O'Brien, Patrick ^b   Walker, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b Napolitano and Prof David)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Pregnancy; Pulmonary regurgitation; RVOT obstruction; Tetralogy of Fallot

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIURETIC THERAPY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INJURY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY STENOSIS; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954798761     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq157     Document Type: Article

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