title: Your cardiac patient wants to become a mother. Risk considerations and advice Part I--your cardiac patient asks advice on a possible pregnancy.
abstract: In this part, the risks and complications of pregnancy in women with active or corrected, congenital or acquired heart disease are reviewed, in order to allow individual counseling on a possible pregnancy or treatment recommendations on contraception.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, Institute of Care and Scientific Research, Pavia, Italy. copasich@fsm.it
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Opasich
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Catalano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Criffò
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: De Feo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Addis
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tavazzi
mesh_terms: D003267:Contraception; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D012307:Risk Factors