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However, no consensus on the present anticoagulation regimen for those women has been reached yet, especially in the first trimester of pregnancy.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Aims<\/jats:title><jats:p>The present meta\u2010analysis is conducted to compare anticoagulation efficiency and feto\u2010maternal complications of heparin and warfarin in the first trimester.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Databases of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MEDLINE<\/jats:styled-content>,<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\"> EMBASE<\/jats:styled-content>, and the Cochrane Library were systematically searched (all from their inception to October 2016) for cohort studies reporting the outcome of anticoagulation in pregnant women with mechanical heart valves. Seven relevant prospective studies were identified for inclusion in the present meta\u2010analysis. The forest plots indicated that warfarin was more effective in prevention valve thrombosis in the first trimester than heparin (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OR<\/jats:styled-content>: 14.58; 95% confidence interval [<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CI<\/jats:styled-content>]: 3.94\u201053.94; <jats:italic>P\u00a0<\/jats:italic>&lt;<jats:italic>\u00a0<\/jats:italic>.0001; <jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u00a0=\u00a00%). The spontaneous abortion between the two regimens was not statistically different (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OR<\/jats:styled-content>: 1.42; 95% <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CI<\/jats:styled-content>: 0.80\u20102.49; <jats:italic>P\u00a0<\/jats:italic>=<jats:italic>\u00a0<\/jats:italic>.23; <jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u00a0=\u00a020%), which indicated that heparin could not provide better protection to the fetus in the early stage of pregnancy than warfarin. The incidence of warfarin embryopathy was low, and it only occurred in a twin among all the included cases.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>The present meta\u2010analysis indicated that warfarin can provide better protection for the mother and the teratogenic effects may be overestimated. 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