Baseline characteristics
Total population (n = 83) | Patients with successful pregnancies (n = 26) | |
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NA, not applicable; NYHA, New York Heart Association; RV, right ventricular. | ||
Age at inclusion (years) | 28.7 (6.70) | NA |
Age at repair (years) | 4.4 (3.8) | NA |
Age at pregnancy (years) | NA | 28.4 (4.42) |
Surgeries before or after repair | ||
Blalock Taussig shunt | 11% | 4% |
Waterston shunt | 21% | 31% |
RV outflow tract procedure | 13% | 23% |
Pulmonary valve replacement | 17% | 19% |
Residual defects | ||
Tricuspid regurgitation | 33% | 42% |
Pulmonary stenosis | 35% | 46% |
Pulmonary regurgitation | 87% | 85% |
Ventricular septal defect | 19% | 39% |
Co-morbidity | 22 (26.5%) | NA |
Mental disability | 6 (27.3%) | NA |
Gynaecological | 4 (18.2%) | NA |
Scoliosis | 4 (18.2%) | NA |
Various | 8 (36.4%) | NA |
Fertility problems | 5 (6.0%) | NA |
NYHA class I before first pregnancy | NA | 100% |