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Table 1 Maternal, Obstetric and Foetal complications Reported in Fontan Pregnancies

From: Pregnancy in the FONTAN palliation: physiology, management and new insights from bioengineering

Maternal complications

Overall prevalence (%)

Range (%)

Arrhythmias

ā€ƒSVT

8.4%

3ā€“37%

ā€ƒHeart failure

3.9%

3ā€“11%

ā€ƒThromboembolism

Ā Ā 

Obstetric complications

ā€ƒAnte-partum

11%

23%

ā€ƒPost-partum

43%

Ā 

ā€ƒMajor haemorrhage

14%

Ā 

Foetal complications

ā€ƒMiscarriages

Ā 

27ā€“69%

ā€ƒPrematurity

Ā 

70ā€“80%

ā€ƒSGA

60%

Ā 

ā€ƒIUGR

70%

Ā 

ā€ƒNND

5%

Ā 

ā€ƒPROM

Ā 

10ā€“20%

  1. SVT Supraventricular tachycardia, SGA Small for gestational age, > haemorrhage (> 2ā€‰l), IUGR Intra uterine growth restriction, NND Neonatal death, PROM Premature rupture of membranes. See text for details