Pregnancy outcomes and cardiac complications in women with mechanical, bioprosthetic and homograft valves
Sadler L, McCowan L, White H, Stewart A, Bracken M, North R. Pregnancy outcomes and cardiac complications in women with mechanical, bioprosthetic and homograft valves. BJOG An International Journal Of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2000, 107: 245-253. PMID: 10688509, DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2000.tb11696.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMitral bioprosthetic valvesMitral mechanical valvesCardiac complicationsPregnancy loss rateAortic homograft valveHomograft valvesPregnancy outcomesBioprosthetic valvesMechanical valvesPregnancy lossHigher pregnancy loss rateHistorical cohort studyStructural valve deteriorationGreenlane HospitalSubcutaneous heparinCardiac outcomesCohort studyThromboembolic complicationsValve replacementValve deteriorationFirst trimesterComplicationsPregnancyMitral siteWarfarin