Birgit Pfaller, Gnalini Sathananthan, Jasmine Grewal, Jennifer Mason, Rohan D'Souza, Danna Spears, Marla Kiess, Samuel C Siu, Candice K Silversides
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 were also examined...
March 31, 2020: Journal of the American College of Cardiology