Long-Term Cardiovascular Outcomes After Pregnancy in Women With Heart Disease.

ABSTRACT: Background Women with heart disease are at risk for pregnancy complications, but their long-term cardiovascular outcomes after pregnancy are not known. Methods and Results We examined long-term cardiovascular outcomes after pregnancy in 1014 consecutive women with heart disease and a matched group of 2028 women without heart disease. The primary outcome was a composite of mortality, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, stroke, myocardial infarction, or arrhythmia. Secondary outcomes included cardiac procedures and new hypertension or diabetes mellitus. We compared the rates of these outcomes between women with and without heart disease and adjusted for maternal and pregnancy characteristics. We also determined if pregnancy risk prediction tools (CARPREG [Canadian Cardiac Disease in Pregnanc

SUBMITTER: Siu SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8483519 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature