Pregnant Women With Mechanical Heart Valves Face Greater Health Risks – American College of Cardiology
Women with a mechanical prosthetic heart valve were at greater risk of pregnancy complications compared with women with a biological valve, based on findings from the ROPAC III study published April 16 in the European Heart Journal. Additionally, the large global study found use of low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) increased the risk for thromboembolic complications compared with other anticoagulation regimens. A total of 613 pregnancies in 585 women with prosthetic heart valves from 27 countries
