Your cardiac patient wants to become a mother. Risk considerations and advice Part I--your cardiac patient asks advice on a possible pregnancy.
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.
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Cardiology Division, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, Institute of Care and Scientific Research, Pavia, Italy. copasich@fsm.it
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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