Pregnancy in non-palliated functionally single ventricle: challenges of management in resource-poor settings

Abstract

Women with complex functionally univentricular hearts rarely survive into adulthood without corrective or palliative surgery. Reports of pregnancy outcome in this group of patients in resource-poor settings are sparse. We report a case of unrepaired pulmonary atresia ventricular septal defect (VSD) with major aorto-pulmonary collateral arteries (MAPCA) who survived into adulthood and was able to complete a successful pregnancy in a resource-poor country.

Keywords

• single ventricle
• congenital heart disease
• pregnancy