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Chapter 18 - Cardiovascular Disease and Contraception

from Section 3 - Contraception and Medical Conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2022

By
Johannes Bitzer
Edited by
Johannes Bitzer  and
Tahir A. Mahmood
Johannes Bitzer
Affiliation:
University Women’s Hospital, Basel
Tahir A. Mahmood
Affiliation:
Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
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Summary

Prevalence of disease, risks, impact on fertility, Medical Eligibility Criteria 3 and 4, advantages, disadvantages, special considerations

Keywords

Hypertensionvalvular diseasecoronary artery diseasevenous thromboembolic disease
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Handbook of Contraception and Sexual Reproductive Healthcare , pp. 116 - 122
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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GBD 2013 Mortality and Causes of Death Collaborators. Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet 2015; 385:117.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Practice Bulletin. Clinical Management Guidelines for Obstetrician-Gynecologists. No. 73, June 2006.Google Scholar
World Health Organization. Medical Eligibility Criteria (5th Ed.) 2015. Pdf www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/family_planning/MEC-5/en/Google Scholar
Center for Disease Control and Prevention. U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use. Recommendations and Reports. 2016. 65 (3).Google Scholar
Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, (RCOG). UK Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use. 2016. www.fsrh.org/standards-and-guidance/uk-medical-eligibility-criteria-for-contraceptive-use-ukmec/CrossRefGoogle Scholar
World Health Organization. Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers. http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/44028/1/9780978856373_eng.pdf. Accessed 10 August 2018.Google Scholar
Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Summary Chart of US Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use. Updated in 2020. www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/contraception/pdf/summary-chart-us-medical-eligibility-criteria_508tagged.pdfGoogle Scholar
Cagnacci, A: Hormonal contraception: venous and arterial disease. Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care. 2017; 22:191–9.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed

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