So Yeon Kim1,2, Diana S. Wolfe2, Cynthia C. Taub2
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.13, No.2, pp. 203-209, 2018, DOI:10.1111/chd.12546
Abstract Aims: Pregnancy in patients with Marfan’s syndrome (MFS) carries an increased risk of cardiovascular complications, resulting in increased maternal and fetal mortality and morbidity. Literature on
MFS pregnant patients is relatively sparse, and there has yet to be a concrete consensus on the
management of this unique patient population. The purpose of our paper is to provide a literature
review of case reports and studies on MFS during pregnancy (published between 2005 and 2015)
and to explore cardiovascular outcomes of patients with MFS.
Methods and Results: Of the 852 women in our review, there were 1112 pregnancies,… More >
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