Pregnancy in Women With a Mechanical Heart Valve | Zendy

Iris M. van Hagen | Zendy; Jolien W. RoosHesselink | Zendy; Titia P.E. Ruys | Zendy; Waltraut M. Merz | Zendy; Sorel Goland | Zendy; Harald Gabriel | Zendy; Małgorzata Lelonek | Zendy; Olga Trojnarska | Zendy; Wael Abdulrahman Al Mahmeed | Zendy; H Balint | Zendy; Zeinab Ashour | Zendy; Helmut Baumgartner | Zendy; Eric Boersma | Zendy; Mark R. Johnson | Zendy; Roger Hall | Zendy

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Pregnancy in Women With a Mechanical Heart Valve

Author(s) -

Iris M. van Hagen,

Jolien W. RoosHesselink,

Titia P.E. Ruys,

Waltraut M. Merz,

Sorel Goland,

Harald Gabriel,

Małgorzata Lelonek,

Olga Trojnarska,

Wael Abdulrahman Al Mahmeed,

H Balint,

Zeinab Ashour,

Helmut Baumgartner,

Eric Boersma,

Mark R. Johnson,

Roger Hall

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.115.015242

Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , heart valve , thrombosis , vitamin k antagonist , mechanical valve , mechanical heart valve , cardiology , heart disease , heart failure , mechanical heart , heparin , surgery , adverse effect , atrial fibrillation , warfarin , genetics , biology

Pregnant women with a mechanical heart valve (MHV) are at a heightened risk of a thrombotic event, and their absolute need for adequate anticoagulation puts them at considerable risk of bleeding and, with some anticoagulants, fetotoxicity.

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