HEADLINE: HEADLINE: Heart condition "need not preclude pregnancy"
SOURCE: Nursing Times Online 04/07/03
BYLINE: Health Newswire reporters
BODY:
Study results published in Heart show that most women with hypertrophic
cardiomyopathy tolerate pregnancy well, with symptoms worsening in less than 10
per cent. The researchers point out that while most of the women in their study
sample had no significant cardiac problems during their pregnancies, rare
complications do occur, and that planned deliveries and foetal monitoring are
still sometimes necessary. They also warn that their study did not include
patients with previous heart failure or severe restrictive physiology " and we
would not recommend pregnancy in these patients".Heart condition "need not preclude pregnancy"
SOURCE: Nursing Times Online 04/07/03
BYLINE: Health Newswire reporters
BODY:
Study results published in Heart show that most women with hypertrophic
cardiomyopathy tolerate pregnancy well, with symptoms worsening in less than 10
per cent. The researchers point out that while most of the women in their study
sample had no significant cardiac problems during their pregnancies, rare
complications do occur, and that planned deliveries and foetal monitoring are
still sometimes necessary. They also warn that their study did not include
patients with previous heart failure or severe restrictive physiology " and we
would not recommend pregnancy in these patients".Heart condition "need not preclude pregnancy"
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