Pregnant Women with Prosthetic Heart Valves

Pregnant women with prosthetic heart valves present the same myriad of problems and challenges inherent in other patients with severe cardiac disease. Care for these patients should involve counseling to determine the advisability of attempting or continuing pregnancy. Combined team care with severa...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical obstetrics and gynecology 1989-03, Vol.32 (1), p.76-88
Hauptverfasser:	McColgin, Sterling W, Martin, James N, Morrison, John C
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anticoagulants - therapeutic use Counseling Female Fetal Monitoring Heart Valve Prosthesis Humans Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular - drug therapy Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic - prevention & control Risk Factors Thromboembolism - prevention & control
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Zusammenfassung:	Pregnant women with prosthetic heart valves present the same myriad of problems and challenges inherent in other patients with severe cardiac disease. Care for these patients should involve counseling to determine the advisability of attempting or continuing pregnancy. Combined team care with several specialists is necessary for the optimal management of these patients. Family planning is very important for these patients.
ISSN:	0009-9201 1532-5520
DOI:	10.1097/00003081-198903000-00011