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Four successful pregnancies in a patient with Fontan palliation and congenital heart disease: a case report

Authors: Khalid S. Al Najashi, Syed Mehdi, Shazia Mohsin, Merna Atiyah, Hafez A. Abdullah, Jassim Abdulhameed, Ahmed M. Al Zahrani

Published in: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery | Issue 1/2017

Abstract

Background

Fontan is a palliative procedure in patients with single ventricle. Single ventricle supports systemic cardiac output and pulmonary blood flow is passively directed to the right pulmonary artery. Women with Fontan palliation are reported to have increased maternal risk during pregnancy. There are few reports of successful pregnancies in such cases. However data on these pregnancies is lacking, we consider this to be the first reported from kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Case presentation

We present a 35-year-old woman from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia who had Fontan surgery and who had four successful pregnancies and multiple miscarriages. She delivered live, low birth weight neonates.

Conclusion

This report provides an anecdotal evidence that pregnancy can be tolerated in an adequate Fontan patient with successful outcomes.

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Title: Four successful pregnancies in a patient with Fontan palliation and congenital heart disease: a case report
Authors: Khalid S. Al Najashi
Syed Mehdi
Shazia Mohsin
Merna Atiyah
Hafez A. Abdullah
Jassim Abdulhameed
Ahmed M. Al Zahrani
Publication date: 01-12-2017
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery / Issue 1/2017
Electronic ISSN: 1749-8090
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-017-0678-1

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