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Nel Regno Unito l’incidenza di malattie cardiache durante la gravidanza si è ridotta, nell’ultima metà del secolo, da circa il 3% a meno dell’1%. Ciò in conseguenza della sensibile riduzione dell’incidenza della febbre reumatica dovuta all’introduzione della penicillina (benché gli effetti reumatici siano ancora comuni nelle donne nate oltre oceano). Tuttavia circa lo 0,8% dei bambini che nascono è affetto da cardiopatia congenita: questo è uno dei gruppi maggiori di difetti congeniti. Grazie al miglioramento dei risultati degli interventi chirurgici negli ultimi trent’anni si rileva una maggiore sopravvivenza di questi soggetti fino all’età riproduttiva.
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Steer, P.J. (2007). Gravidanza e contraccezione. In: Cardiopatie congenite dell’adulto. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0526-6_3
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