The REBECGA Brazilian Registry of Pregnancy and Heart Disease: Rationale and Design

Abstract Background: Maternal mortality rates in Brazil remain above the goals established by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Heart disease is estimated to affect 4% of all pregnancies and remains by itself the main indirect obstetric cause of maternal death. In the last decades, a significant improvement in the prognosis of heart diseases has made pregnancy possible in women with heart disease and provided better maternal and fetal outcomes. Objective: To establish a multicenter Brazilian Registry of pregnant women with heart disease; to study the causes of immediate and l...