Counselling women with congenital cardiac disease

Matthew Cauldwell, Philip J Steer, Mark Johnson, Michael Gatzoulis
2016 The BMJ (British Medical Journal)  
Preconception counselling is particularly important for women with congenital heart disease because these conditions are the leading direct cause of maternal death in many developed countries, including the United Kingdom. 1 Recent developments in medicine and the law require us to re-evaluate how preconception counselling is delivered.
doi:10.1136/bmj.i910 pmid:26907949 fatcat:dikn7sll5rbjni6rnqsmth5pjy