... character and magnitude of the risk depend on the anticoagu-lation regimen used during pregnancy and the quality of anticoagu-lation control. Pre-pregnancy evaluation should include assessment of ... Funck-Brentano (France), David Hasdai (Israel),Arno Hoes (The Netherlands), Juhani Knuuti (Finland), Philippe Kolh (Belgium), Theresa McDonagh (UK),Cyril Moulin (France), Don Poldermans (The Netherlands), ... contraindicated because of the risk of fetal intracranial bleeding.ManagementValve and ventricular dysfunction should be considered, and the type and position of valve(s) as well as the history of valve throm-bosis...