Congenital Heart Disease in Newborns
In this episode of Healthful Woman podcast, Dr. Nathan Fox, OB-GYN and maternal-fetal medicine specialist practicing in New York City speaks with Dr. Miwa Geiger, associate professor of pediatrics and cardiology and director of the Fetal Heart Program at Mount Sinai regarding congenital heart disease in newborns. Healthful Woman · “Congenital Heart Disease in Newborns”
CARDIAC DISEASE AND PREGNANCY, Nathan Fox, MD (Digital)
Maternal heart disease complicates approximately 1% of all pregnancies and is a leading cause of maternal deaths. Due to the improved survival for children born with congenital heart disease, many of these children have now grown into adulthood and are becoming pregnant; therefore, congenital heart disease now accounts for more than half of all cardiac