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==Overview==
*Approximately 1-4% of pregnancies in the United States involve maternal cardiovascular disease.

==Epidemiology in Developed and Developing Countries==
*Increasing numbers of women with congenital heart disease are now reaching childbearing age.
*Congential heart disease is now the most common form of heart disease complicating pregnancy in the United States.
*Rheumatic heart disease still predominates in developing countries and in immigrant populations in the United States.
*Maternal death during pregnancy in women with heart disease is rare; conditions that are associated with increased mortality include Eisenmenger syndrome, pulmonary vascular obstructive disease, and Marfan syndrome with aortopathy.<ref name="pmid11359761">{{cite journal| author=Siu SC, Colman JM| title=Heart disease and pregnancy. | journal=Heart | year= 2001 | volume= 85 | issue= 6 | pages= 710-5 | pmid=11359761 | doi= | pmc=PMC1729784 | url= }} </ref>


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