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Pulmonary Hypertension Still High Risk in Pregnancy


 

The mother can usually be discharged on a low-dose diuretic 7 days after delivery and should be completely stable within 6–8 weeks. Dr. Zwicke has follow-up data on her 40 patients for a minimum of 2–3 months following delivery and during that period there were no complications.

There are not enough data to back encouraging women with pulmonary hypertension to get pregnant. DR. ZWICKE

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