Reproductive issues for the woman with congenital heart disease.
As the number of women with congenital heart disease continues to rise, information regarding reproduction is and will become an important part of their follow-up care. Until now the focus of reproduction has been on pregnancy outcomes. Practitioners must become better informed about issues of fertility, contraception, and childbearing to better advise their patients.
Canobbio
M M
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UCLA School of Nursing 90024-1702.
D000328:Adult; D003267:Contraception; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000451:nursing / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000451:nursing / Q000503:physiopathology; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012098:Reproduction