TREATMENT OF CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS
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Heart, sirculation, bloodAbstract
In the early 19Xk., shortly afler surgical correction of patent ductus ertcriosus and coerctation of the aorta and palliation of cyanotic patients with tetrelogy of Fellat was possible. young women patients began to ask, “Is it safe for me to become pregwot?” and. “Could my child inherit my heart pmblem?” There was inadcquatc information to answer either question at that time. To tbet end. a prospective shldy of the outcome of pregwtey was commenced in the midl%os in such patients koown to the principal invest&dor (R.W.). During the next 25 years, 236 women with cardiac defects were followed up through successful pregnancy. labor and delivery. Their 418 offspriag were examined at birth and at specified intervals for the 1st 3 years to ascetin the ittcidenee of coogenital heart defects in these progeny. Because the rate ofrecurrence wes higher the expected .
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