Girnius, Andrea; Veldtmann, Gruschen; Warshak, Carri R.; Schwerzmann, Markus (2017). Ebstein Anomaly. In: Roos-Hesselink, Jolien W.; Johnson, Mark R. (eds.) Pregnancy and congenital heart disease. Congenital heart disease in adolescents and adults (pp. 207-224). Springer 10.1007/978-3-319-38913-4_14
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Incidence: 1–5/20,000 live births.
Inheritance: 6 %, but occurs sporadically, related to maternal age and maternal
exposure to benzodiazepines or lithium therapy.
Medication: Change antiarrhythmic drugs; a beta-blocker as an alternative is
the first choice.
World Health Organization class: Class II or III.
Risk of pregnancy: Atrial arrhythmias, heart failure, thromboembolic events
(possibly paradoxical in the presence of a shunt).
Life expectancy: Reduced.
Key Management
Preconception: ECG, echo, exercise test; consider cMR.
Pregnancy: Careful detection of arrhythmias and cardiac failure; consider
thromboprophylaxis.
Labor: Vaginal delivery.
Postpartum: Consider thromboprophylaxis.
Item Type: |
Book Section (Book Chapter) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Cardiovascular Disorders (DHGE) > Clinic of Cardiology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Schwerzmann, Markus |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
2364-6659 |
Series: |
Congenital heart disease in adolescents and adults |
Publisher: |
Springer |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Markus Schwerzmann |
Date Deposited: |
20 Jul 2017 13:33 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:03 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-319-38913-4_14 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/95983 |
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