The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians
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J. Matern. Fetal. Neonatal. Med. · Mar 2007
Effect of maternal congenital heart defects on labor and delivery outcome: a population-based study.
The primary objective of this study was to characterize the delivery outcome of parturients with congenital heart defects (CHD), from maternal and from neonatal perspectives. ⋯ The labor outcome of CHD patients with NYHA classification I and II resembles that of non-CHD women in a tertiary center setting. Neonates of CHD mothers have higher rates of congenital malformations even among asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic mothers. A careful sonographic follow-up is warranted among all pregnancies of CHD patients.