CHD Considered High-risk for Maternal Morbidity and Mortality
1. Patients with mechanical heart valves |
2. Single ventricle patients with Fontan palliation |
3. Unrepaired or palliated cyanotic lesions |
4. Patients with Marfan syndrome and aortic dilation |
5. Severe systemic AV valve regurgitation |
6. Severe left ventricular outflow tract obstruction or aortic stenosis |
7. Significant pulmonary hypertension |
8. Moderate to severe systemic ventricle dysfunction |
Adapted from Greutmann M, Pieper PG. Pregnancy in women with congenital heart disease. Eur Heart J. 2015;36(37):2491–2499. AV, atrioventricular.