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Risk of death in pregnancy achieved through oocyte donation in patients with Turner syndrome: a national survey

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Karnis, Megan Freebury, Zimon, Alison Elizabeth, Lalwani, Sasmira Indru, Timmreck, Lorna Smink, Klipstein, Sigal, Reindollar, Richard Henry·2003·Fertility and Sterility

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Unlabelled To determine the risk of death in pregnant women with Turner syndrome who were treated with oocyte donation, and to ascertain the prevalence of preconception cardiac screening in these patients.Design Survey and literature review.Setting Academic infertility center.Participant(s) All 258 donor-egg programs in the 1997 Assisted Reproductive Technology Success Rates publication from the Society for Artificial Reproductive Technology were surveyed by fax or telephone.Main outcome measure(s) Death in pregnancy conceived through oocyte donation and proportion of patients prescreened with echocardiography.Results One hundred thirty-four (52%) programs reported 146 Turner patients treated, resulting in 101 pregnancies. One patient died from aortic rupture while awaiting treatment; 72 (49.3%) patients were pre- screened with echocardiography. No deaths in pregnancy were reported. A literature review identified four case reports of Turner patients who died during pregnancy in the United States during the same time period.Conclusion(s) The maternal risk of death from rupture or dissection of the aorta in pregnancy may be 2% or higher. Patients with Turner syndrome have not been adequately screened with echocardiography before treatment. Specialists who treat patients with Turner syndrome need to be aware of their cardiac risk and its potential exacerbation from the increased cardiac demands of pregnancy.

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Authors
Karnis, M. F., Zimon, A. E., Lalwani, S. I., Timmreck, L. S., Klipstein, S., & Reindollar, R. H.
Affiliations
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
Corresponding author
Reindollar, Richard Henry
Venue
Fertility and Sterility
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2003-09
Volume
80
Issue
3
Pages
498-501
ISSN
0015-0282 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2117660982
Cited by
206
References
22
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FWCI
5.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Fertility and Sterility (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Reproductive Health and Technologies
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
Keywords
Turner syndrome, oocyte donation, pregnancy mortality, aortic dissection, aortic rupture, echocardiography
MeSH terms
Aortic Dissection, Aortic Aneurysm, Female, Humans, Population Surveillance, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Risk Factors, Turner Syndrome, Aneurysm, Ruptured, Oocyte Donation

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