An Underreported Consequence of Obesity in Pregnancy: Patient-Prosthesis Mismatch

• Autors principals: William R. Hartman (Autor), Katherine W. Arendt (Autor), Kent H. Rehfeldt (Autor)
• Format: Llibre
• Publicat: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Matèries: article
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As the rate of obesity increases in childbearing-aged women, so too will the complications of obesity in pregnancy. An uncommon and likely underreported complication occurs in obese women who have received prepregnancy cardiac valve replacement with a prosthesis that is inadequately sized for body h...