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Chiba Cardiovascular Center
Pregnant women with repaired CHD have high arrhythmia risk
January 14th, 2004
Pregnant women with repaired congenital heart defects have a high risk of arrhythmia, which could result in low-birth-weight children. In a recent study from Japan, "The incidence, manifestation and management of arrhythmia in congenital heart disease (CHD) during pregnancy were evaluated in a multicenter study." "Of 126 pregnancies in patients with CHD in 17 institutions from January 1991 to December 2000, 29 cases of pregnancy in 27 patients after cardiac repair (mean age, 29±4.9 years) were identified with arrhythmias (supraventricular tachyarrhythmia (SVT) in 15, ventricular tachycardia (VT) in nine, high-grade atrioventricular block in...
Source: Biotech Week (2004-01-14)
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