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. 2023 Dec 16;11(35):8350–8356. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v11.i35.8350

Table 1.

Cases about pregnancy with pulmonary arterial hypertension after congenital heart disease defects correction

Ref.
Age at pregnancy (yr)
Age (defects repair)
Congenital heart defects
The gestational age of events, wk
The gestational age of termination
Complications
Symptoms
Maternal outcomes
Ross-Ascuitto et al[8] 19 4 VSD Three days within delivery 38 wk PAH No obvious symptoms Uneventfully discharge
Jackson et al[7] 32 4 VSD 20 wk 20 wk PAH; Eisenmenger syndrome Shortness of breath Being evaluated for a combined heart-lung transplant
Jackson et al[7] 23 3 VSD Three days within delivery 26 wk PAH; Heart failure Dyspnea; hypoxemia Died on postoperative day 5

PAH: Pulmonary arterial hypertension; VSD: Ventricular septal defect.