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Review
. 2023 Feb;32(2):132-137.
doi: 10.1089/jwh.2022.0513.

Reproductive Health of Women with Congenital Heart Defects

Sherry L Farr  1 , Karrie F Downing  1 , Naomi K Tepper  1 , Matthew E Oster  1 , Melissa J Glidewell  1 , Jennita Reefhuis  1
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Reproductive Health of Women with Congenital Heart Defects

Sherry L Farr et al. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2023 Feb.

Abstract

This report provides an overview of the unique reproductive health issues facing women with congenital heart defects (CHDs) and of the clinical care and professional guidelines on contraception, preconception care, and pregnancy for this population. It describes Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) activities related to surveillance of reproductive health issues among females with CHDs. It also describes CDC's work bringing awareness to physicians who provide care to adolescents and women with CHDs, including obstetrician/gynecologists, about the need for lifelong cardiology care for their patients with CHDs.

Keywords: congenital heart defect; contraception; preconception health; pregnancy; reproductive health.

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Prevalence of prenatal comprehensive echocardiogram, cardiac-related pregnancy conditions, and preterm birth among privately insured women with CHDs in the United States, 2007–2014. CHDs, congenital heart defects.
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