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Pregnancy outcome in patients with complex pulmonary atresia: case report and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Stangl Verena,
Bamberg Christian,
Schröder Torsten,
Volk Thomas,
Borges Adrian Constantin,
Baumann Gert,
Stangl Karl
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
european journal of heart failure
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.149
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1879-0844
pISSN - 1388-9842
DOI - 10.1093/eurjhf/hfp192
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary atresia , pregnancy , heart disease , pulmonary artery , atresia , congenital malformations , heart failure , tricuspid atresia , cardiology , pulmonary vasculature , surgery , obstetrics , pediatrics , genetics , biology
Pulmonary atresia, a rare and complex congenital heart disease, is characterized by the absence of the central pulmonary artery and by the presence of a ventricular septal defect and aortopulmonary collaterals. Pregnancy reports concerning maternal and offspring outcome after palliative operation or repaired pulmonary atresia are sparse. We report here on the outcome of pregnancy in a woman, aged 36, with complex pulmonary atresia in whom palliative operation had been performed at the age of 23. We review the medical literature on pregnancy course as well as maternal and foetal outcome in cases involving this maternal congenital heart disease.