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| {{Pregnancy and heart disease}}
| | #REDIRECT [[Cardiac disease in pregnancy epidemiology and demographics]] |
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| {{CMG}}; '''Associate Editor In Chief:''' {{AC}}
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| ==Overview==
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| ==Epidemiology in Developed and Developing Countries==<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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| *Increasing numbers of women with congenital heart disease are now reaching childbearing age.
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| *Congential heart disease is now the most common form of heart disease complicating pregnancy in the United States.
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| *Rheumatic heart disease still predominates in developing countries and in immigrant populations in the United States.
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| *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.
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| ==References==
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| {{Reflist|2}}
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| [[Category:Cardiology]]
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| [[Category:Obstetrics]]
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| [[Category:Disease]]
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