Prevalence of Rheumatic Heart Disease and Other Cardiac Conditions in Low-Risk Pregnancies in Kenya: A Prospective Echocardiography Screening Study.

John W SnelgroveJoy Marsha AleraMichael C FosterKipchumba C N BettGerald S BloomfieldCandice K SilversidesFelix A BarasaAstrid Christoffersen-DebHeather C MillarJulie G ThorneRachel F SpitzerRajesh VedanthanNanette Okun

Published in: Global heart (2021)

The prevalence of clinically-relevant cardiac lesions was moderately high in a low-risk population of pregnant women in Western Kenya.

Keyphrases

left ventricular
pregnant women
risk factors
pulmonary hypertension
rheumatoid arthritis
computed tomography
pregnancy outcomes
preterm birth
heart failure
gestational age