Outcomes of pregnant women hospitalized with unrepaired congenital heart disease: Insights from a multidisciplinary center in Vietnam.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In developing countries, fewer women have access to multidisciplinary congenital heart disease and reproductive programs staffed by experts. We report pregnancy outcomes of a multidisciplinary healthcare strategy utilizing an in-hospital teamwork approach in Vietnam.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study included pregnant women with unrepaired congenital heart disease managed at a referral cardiovascular center.

Results

Undiagnosed congenital heart disease before pregnancy, a lack of pre-pregnancy cardiology counseling, and modified World Health Organization class III/IV were common. Under the multispecialty healthcare strategy, although the rate of maternal death was 8.2% in the modified World Health Organization class IV group, no deaths occurred in any

SUBMITTER: Truong TH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10710195 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature