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The course of pregnancy and delivery in a patient after a double-outlet right ventricle Fontan repair and the influence of this procedure on her general condition: Report of a case

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The course of pregnancy and delivery in a patient after Fontan repair of double-outlet right ventricle is herein presented. She uneventfully delivered a healthy infant in good general condition at 38 weeks of gestation through a caesarian section, at 24 years after cardiosurgery. Although the patient demonstrated a good hemodynamic state after the operation and conceived while being clinically stable, a worsening of her general condition was observed. After a 4-year follow-up it was clear that pregnancy and delivery had a harmful effect on her cardiovascular function.

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  1. First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Warsaw, Plac Starynkiewicza 1/3, 02-015, Warsaw, Poland

    Barbara Suchonska, Iwona Szymusik & Anna Borowiecka-Elwertowska

  2. Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Plac Starynkiewicza 1/3, 02-015, Warsaw, Poland

    Elzbieta Borowiecka

  3. Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Medical University of Warsaw, Plac Starynkiewicza 1/3, 02-015, Warsaw, Poland

    Swietlana Krzemien-Wiczynska

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Suchonska, B., Borowiecka, E., Szymusik, I. et al. The course of pregnancy and delivery in a patient after a double-outlet right ventricle Fontan repair and the influence of this procedure on her general condition: Report of a case. Surg Today 38, 853–856 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-007-3719-x

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