Pregnancy in women with congenital heart disease

European Heart Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 37, 2015, Pages 2491-2499b

  Greutmann, Matthias ^a   Pieper, Petronella G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Delivery; Labour; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CESAREAN SECTION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FETUS RISK; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LABOR; MECHANICAL HEART VALVE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROGNOSIS; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COUNSELING; FETAL DISEASES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMICS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; COUNSELING; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84943566708     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv288     Document Type: Review

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