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Outcomes of Pregnancy After Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Reconstruction With an Allograft Conduit by Romeo, Jamie L.R.; Takkenberg, Johanna J.M.; Roos-Hesselink, Jolien W.; Hanif, Milad; Cornette, Jerome M.J.; van Leeuwen, Wouter J.; van Dijk, Arie; Bogers, Ad J.J.C.; Mokhles, M. Mostafa is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Background: There is no published evidence on pregnancy after right ventricular outflow tract (rvot) reconstruction with an allograft. ## Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe pregnancy outcomes in women with allografts in the rvot position. ## Methods: A retrospective cohort study of consecutive female patients who received allografts in the rvot position was conducted. all patients between 18 and 50 years of age were screened for cardiac, obstetric, and fetal outcomes of completed (≥20 weeks' gestation) pregnancies. ## Results: In total, 196 women met the inclusion criteria, of whom 56 had 89 completed pregnancies. information could be retrieved in 84 cases (94.4%). mean maternal age was 29.6 ± 4.3 years, with 80 patients (95.2%) in new york heart association functional class i or ii. the most common diagnosis was tetralogy of fallot. all women survived pregnancy. there were 2 cases (2.4%) of heart failure (arrhythmic and diastolic dysfunction), 1 case (1.2%) of infection (chorioamnionitis), and 3 cases (3.6%) of pre-eclampsia. no other cardiac or obstetric events were reported. all children were born alive at a median gestational age of 38.4 weeks (interquartile r

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Author

Romeo, Jamie L.R.; Takkenberg, Johanna J.M.; Roos-Hesselink, Jolien W.; Hanif, Milad; Cornette, Jerome M.J.; van Leeuwen, Wouter J.; van Dijk, Arie; Bogers, Ad J.J.C.; Mokhles, M. Mostafa

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 1558-3597)

Published

2018

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)