Congenital and Acquired Valvular Heart Disease in Pregnancy
Goldstein S, Ward C. Congenital and Acquired Valvular Heart Disease in Pregnancy. Current Cardiology Reports 2017, 19: 96. PMID: 28840470, DOI: 10.1007/s11886-017-0910-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsValvular heart diseaseHeart diseaseRisk of pregnancy-related complicationsManagement of valvular heart diseaseWomen of childbearing agePregnancy-related complicationsAcquired valvular heart diseaseRheumatic heart diseaseValvular abnormalitiesCongenital abnormalitiesCase reportSymptomatic diseaseChildbearing ageRegurgitant lesionsHemodynamic effectsPatient populationPregnancyPercutaneous interventionStenotic lesionsRefractory symptomsHigh riskObservational studyReviewThe numberDiseaseAbnormalities