anti-coagulation during pregnancy in women with mechanical heart valves: a prospective study

Anti-Coagulation During Pregnancy in Women with Mechanical Heart Valves: A Prospective Study

Anti-Coagulation During Pregnancy in Women with Mechanical Heart Valves: A Prospective Study

BACKGROUND Pregnancy is associated with a hypercoagulable state, therefore the optimal anticoagulants for potential use in pregnant women with prosthetic heart valves are controversial. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of anticoagulants on pregnancy outcomes and their potential risks in pregnant women with mechanical heart valves. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this prospective co...

Pregnancy outcomes of women with mechanical heart valves

OBJECTIVE To evaluate maternal complications and perinatal outcomes in women with mechanical heart valves treated with warfarin and heparin during pregnancy. STUDY DESIGN A retrospective chart review was performed on 45 pregnancies in 28 women who were previously fitted with mechanical valve prostheses and treated between 1991 and 2005 at Seoul National University Hospital. Outcome parameters...

Pregnancy Outcome in Women with Mechanical Prosthetic Heart Valves Treated with Unfractionated Heparin (UFH) or Enoxaparin.

OBJECTIVE This study was carried out to determine the maternal (including thromboembolic and hemorrhagic complications) and fetal outcomes (including miscarriage, stillbirth, baby death, and live birth) in women with mechanical heart valves managed with therapeutic doses of unfractionated heparin (UFH) versus enoxaparin during pregnancy. METHODS This is a prospective comparative, nonrandomize...

Pregnancy Outcome with Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Method in a Woman with Prosthetic Heart Valves

There is an increased risk of thromboembolism, anticoagulant-related hemorrhage, fetal-wastage and congestive cardiac failure in pregnant women with mechanical heart valves. In order to have a good outcome, the care of such patients must necessarily be multidisciplinary and in a well- equipped centre with adequate support services .One such patient who had mechanical mitral and aortic valves re...

Mechanical Heart Valves in Pregnancy: A Sticky Business.