title: Health outcomes of infants born to women with heart valve prostheses: complications of prematurity alone?
abstract: The health outcomes of children born to women with heart valve prostheses in New South Wales, Australia, 2000-2011, were examined in a record-linkage population-based study. Eighty-one women delivered 112 infants. One infant was stillborn, two died prior to discharge from hospital. Twenty seven (24.8%) were readmitted to hospital in their first year of life. The average number of readmissions up to age 6 years was 2.7 (95% CI 1.51-3.89) versus population rate of 2.04 (95% CI 2.03-2.05). The children demonstrated an increased risk of adverse event in the first year of life. Reassuringly however, and not previously reported, mortality and health outcomes in the first 6 years of life were not significantly different to the general population.
authors.affiliation: a Clinical Population Perinatal Health Research, Kolling Institute, University of Sydney , Sydney , Australia and.|b Department of Cardiology , Royal North Shore Hospital , St Leonards , Australia.
authors.forename: Claire M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Lawley
authors.affiliation: a Clinical Population Perinatal Health Research, Kolling Institute, University of Sydney , Sydney , Australia and.
authors.forename: Samantha J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Lain
authors.affiliation: b Department of Cardiology , Royal North Shore Hospital , St Leonards , Australia.
authors.forename: Gemma A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Figtree
authors.affiliation: a Clinical Population Perinatal Health Research, Kolling Institute, University of Sydney , Sydney , Australia and.
authors.forename: Christine L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007236:Infant, Small for Gestational Age; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome
keywords: Cardiovascular diseases; infants; perinatal mortality; pregnancy