Abstract
1/2020
vol. 3
Review article
New supplementation proposals for pregnant women with foetal cardiac diseases
- Prenatal Cardiology Department, Research Institute, Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital, Lodz, Poland
- Student’s Prenatal Cardiology Team, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
- Department for Foetal Malformations Diagnoses and Prevention, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
J Obstet Gynecol Investig 2020; 3: e37–e39
Online publish date: 2021/01/07
Should we pay special attention to the supplementation for patients with a congenital foetal heart defect, whether they require special care, assuming that each subsequent pregnancy should be planned? Should patients with cardiac problems in their current pregnancy make any changes to their regular supplementation? In our short report we would like to discuss the issues of supplementation, especially folates and vitamin D, from the perspective of prenatal cardiology and specific problems affecting postnatal prognosis, paying special attention to the prevention of COVID-19 and pre-eclampsia during pregnancy. We propose that our observations be considered concerning mainly rich supplementation with folic acid as well as vitamin D for patients with cardiac problems in the foetus.
Keywords
congenital heart defect, fetal cardiac dysfunction, folates, vitamin D, COVID-19, infections in pregnancy, preeclampsia
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