Epidemiological profile and obstetric outcomes of patients with peripartum congestive heart failure in Taiwan: a retrospective nationwide study.
Ying-Jen ChangChung-Han HoJen-Yin ChenMing-Ping WuChia-Hung YuJhi-Joung WangChia-Ming ChenChin-Chen ChuPublished in: BMC pregnancy and childbirth (2017)
Maternal structural heart diseases, pulmonary diseases, thyroid disorders, and preexisting or gestational HTN are associated with a higher risk of developing PCHF. Birth-mothers with PCHF also had a higher risk of caesarean section and adverse outcomes, including maternal death. Our findings should benefit healthcare providers, and government and health insurance policy makers.
Keyphrases
- health insurance
- pregnancy outcomes
- birth weight
- healthcare
- heart failure
- gestational age
- pregnant women
- affordable care act
- weight gain
- pulmonary hypertension
- left ventricular
- atrial fibrillation
- mental health
- preterm birth
- body mass index
- adipose tissue
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- type diabetes
- acute heart failure
- skeletal muscle
- insulin resistance