Pregnancy has no effect on the rate of structural deterioration of bioprosthetic valves: long-term 18-year follow up results. - Concepedia

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Pregnancy has no effect on the rate of structural deterioration of bioprosthetic valves: long-term 18-year follow up results.

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2005

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Shaer Fayez El, Walid Hassan, Bendehiba S Latroche, Sumaya Helaly, Hesham Hegazy, Maie Shahid, Gamal Mohamed, Zohair Al‐Halees

Abstract

Up to 18 years' follow up of patients with a BPV and repeated pregnancy showed there to be no pregnancy-related accelerated degeneration of BPVs. In addition, fetal loss rates were most likely lower with the use of BPVs.