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CYANOTIC CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE AND PREGNANCY
Author(s) -
Batson Gerald A.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1974.tb00514.x
Subject(s) - pregnancy , offspring , abortion , medicine , heart disease , obstetrics , disease , maternal death , pediatrics , cardiology , biology , genetics
Summary The obstetric performance of 19 patients with fully documented cyanotic congenital heart disease was analyzed. There were 50 pregnancies in the decade 1962 to 1972 with no maternal death. The results support the views that pregnancy is not contra‐indicated, that therapeutic abortion is not indicated, and that the offspring of these mothers are below average birthweight