2000
Pregnancy outcomes and cardiac complications in women with mechanical, bioprosthetic and homograft valves
Sadler L, McCowan L, White H, Stewart A, Bracken M, North R. Pregnancy outcomes and cardiac complications in women with mechanical, bioprosthetic and homograft valves. BJOG An International Journal Of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2000, 107: 245-253. PMID: 10688509, DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2000.tb11696.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMitral bioprosthetic valvesMitral mechanical valvesCardiac complicationsPregnancy loss rateAortic homograft valveHomograft valvesPregnancy outcomesBioprosthetic valvesMechanical valvesPregnancy lossHigher pregnancy loss rateHistorical cohort studyStructural valve deteriorationGreenlane HospitalSubcutaneous heparinCardiac outcomesCohort studyThromboembolic complicationsValve replacementValve deteriorationFirst trimesterComplicationsPregnancyMitral siteWarfarin
1986
Proportional weight gain and complications of pregnancy, labor, and delivery in healthy women of normal prepregnant stature
Shepard M, Hellenbrand K, Bracken M. Proportional weight gain and complications of pregnancy, labor, and delivery in healthy women of normal prepregnant stature. American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology 1986, 155: 947-954. PMID: 3619994, DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(86)90323-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBirth WeightBody HeightBody WeightDelivery, ObstetricFemaleHumansHypertensionLabor Stage, SecondParityPre-EclampsiaPregnancyPregnancy Complications, CardiovascularRegression AnalysisRiskTime FactorsConceptsComplications of pregnancyProlonged second stageProportional weight gainWeight gainMultigravid womenHealthy womenYale-New Haven HospitalEarly prenatal visitPreexisting chronic diseaseAdverse neonatal outcomesMajor congenital malformationsSignificant risk factorsDays of deliveryHealth maintenance organizationGestational hypertensionPrepregnant weightNeonatal outcomesCesarean sectionFourfold riskPrenatal visitPrimigravid womenHospital clinicQuetelet indexRisk factorsChronic diseases