Lithium Use in Pregnancy and the Risk of Cardiac Malformations | Zendy

Elisabetta Patorno | Zendy; Krista F. Huybrechts | Zendy; Brian T. Bateman | Zendy; Jacqueline M. Cohen | Zendy; Rishi Desai | Zendy; Helen Mogun | Zendy; Lee S. Cohen | Zendy; Sonia Hernández–Dı́az | Zendy

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Lithium Use in Pregnancy and the Risk of Cardiac Malformations

Author(s) -

Elisabetta Patorno,

Krista F. Huybrechts,

Brian T. Bateman,

Jacqueline M. Cohen,

Rishi Desai,

Helen Mogun,

Lee S. Cohen,

Sonia Hernández–Dı́az

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

new england journal of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889

H-Index - 1030

eISSN - 1533-4406

pISSN - 0028-4793

DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1612222

Subject(s) - pregnancy , medicine , lithium (medication) , congenital malformations , ventricular outflow tract , first trimester , early pregnancy factor , cardiology , fetus , obstetrics , gestation , genetics , biology

There has been concern that exposure to lithium early in pregnancy may be associated with a marked increase in the risk of Ebstein's anomaly (a right ventricular outflow tract obstruction defect) in infants and overall congenital cardiac defects, but data are conflicting and limited.

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