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ST. LOUIS -- There were no maternal or fetal deaths in a study of 13 pregnant women with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Women with this condition can have successful pregnancies with minimal risk to themselves and their babies, and should not be discouraged from becoming pregnant, Neeru Kaushik, M.D., reported in a poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Society for Pediatric Research.
"Our understanding of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy has changed," Dr. Kaushik said in an interview. "Most women with HCM don't need invasive monitoring during delivery."
Dr. Kaushik and her colleagues at Magee-Women's Hospital in Pittsburgh reviewed 13 women aged 17-36 years with 16 pregnancies who were seen in the department of maternal-fetal cardiology ...