Cardiovascular Diseases & Diagnosis

Dina Adel Ezzeldin

Publications

• Research Article
  Pregnancy in Adult Congenital Heart Disease Maternal and Fetal Outcome, a Single Centre Study in a Developing Country
  Author(s): Dina Adel Ezzeldin, Alaa Roshdy, Hebatalla Attia, Azza Elfiky and Amira NourDina Adel Ezzeldin, Alaa Roshdy, Hebatalla Attia, Azza Elfiky and Amira Nour
  
  Background: Women with congenital heart disease represent the largest group of women with cardiac disease in the child bearing period. This poses additional burden on the medical system as theses mothers and their infants require special care. Methods: This was a cross sectional observational study involving 90 female patients in the child bearing period who came for regular follow up visit in the adult congenital heart disease clinic in our hospital over a period of 12 months. A custom-made sheet was done including maternal diagnoses, age of the patient, age during the first pregnancy, and maternal morbidity during pregnancy and fetal outcome. Results: The mean age of the patients was 35.4 ± 12.2 years. 97.7% of these patients report at least one successful pregnancy; the mean age at time of first pregnancy was 22.77.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-9517.1000299

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