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. 2020 Nov 1;115(5):975–986. [Article in Portuguese] doi: 10.36660/abc.20201063

Table 3. Classification of maternal cardiovascular risk: World Health Organization (mWHO).

mWHO I
(2.4% - 5%)
mWHO II
(5.7% - 10.5%)
mWHO II-III
(10% - 19%)
mWHO III
(19% - 27%)
mWHO IV
(40% - 100%)
Small or mild lesions
Pulmonary stenosis
ASD
VSD
PDA
APVD
Mitral valve prolapse
Simple lesions, successfully operated
Isolated atrial or ventricular extrasystoles
Non-operated ASD, VSD
Operated tetralogy of Fallot
Non-complex arrhythmias
Turner syndrome without aortic dilation
Mild ventricular dysfunction (EF > 45%)
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Mild to moderate mitral or aortic valve disease
Marfan syndrome or other inherited diseases without aortic dilation
Bicuspid aortic valve with AoD < 45 mm
Operated coarctation of the aorta
AVSD
Moderate ventricular dysfunction (EF 30%–45%)
Peripartum cardiomyopathy without ventricular dysfunction
Mechanical prostheses
Systemic RV with or without mild ventricular dysfunction
Uncomplicated Fontan circulation
Non-operated cyanotic heart disease
Other complex heart diseases
Severe mitral stenosis
Pulmonary arterial hypertension
Systemic ventricular dysfunction (EF < 30% or NYHA class III–IV)
Peripartum cardiomyopathy with ventricular dysfunction
Serious left heart obstructive lesions
Severe systemic right ventricular dysfunction
Aortic dilation > 45 mm in Marfan syndrome, > 50 mm in bicuspid aortic valve or other inherited diseases / Turner syndrome

Modified from Balci et al.32 AoD: aortic diameter; APVD: anomalous pulmonary venous drainage; ASD: atrial septal defects; AVSD: atrioventricular septal defect; EF: ejection fraction; NYHA: New York Heart Association; PDA: patent ductus arteriosus; RV: right ventricle; VSD: ventricular septal defects.