Pregnancy Outcomes in Women With Cardiovascular Disease: Evolving Trends Over 10 Years in the ESC Registry of Pregnancy and Cardiac Disease (ROPAC)
Jolien W. Roos‐Hesselink, Lucia Baris, Mark R. Johnson, Julie De Backer, Catherine M Otto, Ariane Marelli, Guillaume Jondeau, Werner Budts, Jasmine Grewal, Karen Sliwa, William Parsonage, Aldo P. Maggioni, Iris van Hagen, Alec Vahanian, Luigi Tavazzi, Uri Elkayam, Eric Boersma, Roger Hall
Abstract
(Abstracted from Eur Heart J 2019;40:3848–3855) The World Health Organization recognizes that the reduction of maternal mortality worldwide is a critical goal. Currently, 1% to 4% of pregnant women have maternal heart disease, which has translated into 15% of maternal deaths.
Topics & Concepts
MedicinePregnancyDiseaseMaternal healthHeart diseaseObstetricsCardiovascular healthInternal medicineEnvironmental healthHealth servicesPopulationBiologyGeneticsCardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy