Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40778399›Full record

ReviewJRSM cardiovascular disease

Mechanical heart valves and pregnancy.

Bronagh Kelly, Niki Walker

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Review in JRSM cardiovascular disease. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Bronagh KellyScottish Adult Congenital Cardiac Service, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, G81 4DY, UK.
Niki WalkerScottish Adult Congenital Cardiac Service, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, G81 4DY, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6676-1097

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pregnancy is an exciting time, with great anticipation of the future for the woman and her baby. However, for women with mechanical heart valves (MHVs) pregnancy is a challenging undertaking fraught with risk to them and their baby. This article considers the issues for the woman, highlighting pre-surgical opportunities, pre-pregnancy counselling, the issues to consider with fertility treatment, the options during pregnancy for anti-coagulation management and the recognition and management of complications. This update stresses the complex challenges in the management of women with MHV during pregnancy and the need for specialist multi-disciplinary team involvement.

Indexed as

anti-coagulantscardiologycardiovascular (CV) surgerycardiovascular pharmacologycoagulationcompliance/adherencecoumarinsCV surgery: valvular diseasehypertensionthrombosistreatmentValvular heart disease

Identifiers

PMID40778399
PMCPMC12329187

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