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Maternal Mortality and Morbidity in the United States: Classification, Causes, Preventability, and Critical Care Obstetric Implications. J Perinat Neonatal Nurs 2018; 32:222-231. [PMID: 30036304 DOI: 10.1097/jpn.0000000000000349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The United States has experienced a steady rise in pregnancy-related deaths over the last 3 decades. The rate of severe maternal morbidity has also increased. It is estimated that approximately 50% of maternal deaths are preventable. National, multidisciplinary, collaborative efforts are required to effectively address this problem. The complex nature of certain conditions and the concomitant risk of significant maternal morbidity and mortality have yielded a subset of women who require obstetric critical care. Institutions and clinicians face challenges as they identify a framework within which to provide this specialized level of care. Systematic, multidisciplinary review of maternal morbidity and mortality events continues to generate meaningful data and recommendations for improvement. The purpose of this article was to describe important concepts related to maternal mortality including the classification and leading causes of maternal death in the United States. The preventability of maternal mortality is also explored including evidence-based best practices and strategies.
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Gu J, Cai Y, Liu B, Lv S. Anesthetic management for cesarean section in a patient with uncorrected double-outlet right ventricle. SPRINGERPLUS 2016; 5:415. [PMID: 27069835 PMCID: PMC4821847 DOI: 10.1186/s40064-016-2075-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2016] [Accepted: 03/30/2016] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Background We describe the anesthetic management for cesarean section in a pregnant woman with uncorrected double-outlet right ventricle. The anesthetic method, treatment of complications and lessons are discussed. Case presentation A 28-year-old woman visited our emergency room for progressive dyspnea and recurrent hemoptysis at 30 weeks’ gestation. Her New York Heart Association functional class was III–IV. Echocardiography indicated that she had congenital heart disease of double-outlet right ventricle. She hadn’t received any treatment. The obstetrician decided to terminate the pregnancy by cesarean section. We chose epidural anesthesia and pumped phenylephrine at the same time to minimize hemodynamic fluctuation. Just in the process of changing position to supine position with uterus displaced to the left, the patient coughed badly and complained about dyspnea. At the same time, the oxygen saturation decreased quickly. The symptoms were ameliorated soon by treating as heart failure. But the symptoms reappeared after oxytocin administration. At the end of surgery, the baby was sent to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for premature birth. The mother recovered successfully and discharged 7 days later. Discussion and Evaluation Double-outlet right ventricle is a seldom disease and pregnancy with uncorrected double-outlet right ventricle is rare. In this case, the patient belonged to the type of ventricular septal defect characterized by subaortic ventricular septal defect without pulmonary stenosis. Most of the aorta arises from the right ventricle, the volume of venous blood was injected from the right ventricle into the aorta, which decided the oxygen saturations. Compared to general anesthesia, epidural anesthesia reduces venous return and alleviates the cardiac burden. So, we pumped phenylephrine along with epidural anesthesia in case of critical cyanosis following significant blood pressure decrease. In the process of anesthesia, dyspnea, cough and cyanosis attacked the patient for two times. The most probable reason was heart failure which induced by the sudden increasing of returned blood. As a result of severe cough, pulmonary artery pressure increased rapidly. Then a great amount of venous blood was injected into the aorta and cyanosis became more serious as well as oxygen saturation declined quickly. Conclusion Epidural anesthesia with continuous phenylephrine infusion is a preferable choice for parturient women with uncorrected double-outlet right ventricle for cesarean section. It is not the optimal choice for this type of patients to lie on the left. The dose of oxytocin should be reduced to avoid potential cardiovascular complications.
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- Juan Gu
- Department of Anesthesiology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, 20#, Section 3 Renmin Nan Road, Chengdu, 610041 Sichuan China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, 20#, Section 3 Renmin Nan Road, Chengdu, 610041 Sichuan China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 37#, Guo Xue Xiang, Chengdu, 610041 Sichuan China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, 20#, Section 3 Renmin Nan Road, Chengdu, 610041 Sichuan China
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Sunman H, Canpolat U, Yorgun H, Gürgan T, Tokgözoglu L. Successful pregnancy by in vitro fertilization after Mustard operation for transposition of the great arteries. J Cardiol Cases 2011; 3:e50-e52. [PMID: 30532835 PMCID: PMC6265238 DOI: 10.1016/j.jccase.2010.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2010] [Revised: 08/18/2010] [Accepted: 08/30/2010] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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We report on a 32-year-old woman who had Mustard operation for transposition of great arteries and who underwent successful pregnancy by in vitro fertilization and without peripartum complications.
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- Hamza Sunman
- Department of Cardiology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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The incidence of rheumatic heart disease in most industrialized countries is decreasing. Those women who have regurgitant lesions will commonly experience an improvement in symptoms, and therapy is required only in the most severe cases. Women with mild to moderate stenotic lesions can usually expect a good outcome to pregnancy, but women with severe stenotic lesions require close monitoring by both their obstetricians and their cardiologists, especially during the third trimester, labour and delivery, and the early postpartum period. This is the third in a series of five articles reviewing in detail the assessment and management of specific cardiac disorders in pregnancy.
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- Gregory A L Davies
- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW An estimated 0.5-4% of pregnant patients have cardiac disease, such as rheumatic disease, which is decreasing in Western countries, uncorrected congenital heart disease, cardiomyopathy and ischaemic heart disease. There has been an increase in maternal mortality due to cardiac causes. Congenital heart disease is becoming the most common source of cardiac problems in the pregnant patient, because patients are increasingly likely to survive to childbearing age with the improvement of surgery. RECENT FINDINGS The increasing age of patients conceiving their first child is also an important factor. A comprehensive understanding of the physiology of pregnancy and the pathophysiology of maternal cardiac disease is of great importance for anaesthesiologists, gynaecologists and cardiologists involved in peripartum care. SUMMARY We try to give a brief and comprehensive review on this topic.
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- P Boris W Cox
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Management, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Kuczkowski KM. Labor analgesia for the parturient with cardiac disease: what does an obstetrician need to know? Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2004; 83:223-33. [PMID: 14995916 DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-6349.2004.0430.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Maternal heart disease complicates 0.2-3% of pregnancies. The optimal management of the pregnant patient with cardiac disease depends on the cooperative efforts of the obstetrician, the cardiologist and the anesthesiologist involved in peripartum care. A comprehensive understanding of physiology of pregnancy and pathophysiology of underlying cardiac disease is of primary importance in provision of obstetric analgesia or anesthesia for this high-risk group of patients. This article will review the current guidelines and standards pertinent to management of obstetric analgesia and anesthesia in parturients with cardiac disease.
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Fukuda T, Oku H, Nakamoto S, Mukobayashi M, Koike E. Successful Pregnancy in a Patient With Double Outlet Left Ventricle After a Rastelli Operation Using a Prosthetic Valve. Circ J 2004; 68:501-3. [PMID: 15118296 DOI: 10.1253/circj.68.501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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A woman with double outlet left ventricle (DOLV) had undergone a Rastelli operation using a prosthetic Björk Shiley valve and who was receiving anticoagulant drug delivered a healthy male infant. Oral warfarin was replaced by heparin from the 5th to the 13th week of gestation and for the last 5 weeks of gestation. Successful pregnancy in patients with DOLV after a Rastelli operation using a prosthetic valve is possible with careful maintenance.
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- Tsuyoshi Fukuda
- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-sayama, Japan.
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Kuczkowski KM. Anesthesia for the parturient with cardiovascular disease. SOUTHERN AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA 2003. [DOI: 10.1080/22201173.2003.10873001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Sawhney H, Aggarwal N, Suri V, Vasishta K, Sharma Y, Grover A. Maternal and perinatal outcome in rheumatic heart disease. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2003; 80:9-14. [PMID: 12527454 DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7292(02)00029-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To study the maternal and perinatal outcome of pregnancies complicated by rheumatic heart disease. METHODS A retrospective study was carried out in the cardio-obstetric clinic of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh (India) over a period of 13 years (1987-1999) involving 486 pregnant patients with rheumatic heart disease. Maternal and perinatal outcome was reviewed. RESULTS Three hundred and four patients (63.3%) had single valve involvement and mitral stenosis was the most predominant lesion (89.2%). One hundred and seventy one (38.6%) patients had undergone surgical correction prior to the onset of pregnancy. One hundred and thirteen patients (22.6%) were identified as NYHA class III-IV. Mitral valvotomy was performed during pregnancy in 48 patients. The incidence of preterm birth and small for gestational age newborns was 12% and 18.2%, respectively. There were 10 maternal deaths, of which eight patients were NYHA III and IV. CONCLUSIONS Rheumatic heart disease in pregnancy is associated with significant maternal and perinatal morbidity in NYHA class III-IV patients.
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- H Sawhney
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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Lust KM, Boots RJ, Dooris M, Wilson J. Management of labor in Eisenmenger syndrome with inhaled nitric oxide. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1999; 181:419-23. [PMID: 10454694 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9378(99)70572-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Administration of nitric oxide by means of inhalation during the labor of a woman with Eisenmenger's syndrome caused by an atrial septal defect resulted in improved oxygenation and initial pulmonary arterial pressure. She gave birth to a live infant at 34 weeks' gestation but died of worsening pulmonary hypertension and heart failure 21 days post partum.
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- K M Lust
- Royal Brisbane Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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Connolly HM, Grogan M, Warnes CA. Pregnancy among women with congenitally corrected transposition of great arteries. J Am Coll Cardiol 1999; 33:1692-5. [PMID: 10334444 DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(99)00046-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The outcome of pregnancy in congenitally corrected transposition of the great vessels was studied in 22 women. BACKGROUND Women with congenitally corrected transposition of the great vessels often reach childbearing age. Although reports on the outcome of pregnancy in these women are available, the number of patients is small. METHODS The medical and surgical databases at the Mayo Clinic were reviewed, and 36 women >16 years old with congenitally corrected transposition of the great vessels were identified. All of them were contacted, and 22 who had pregnancies were identified and the outcome of pregnancy was evaluated. RESULTS Twenty-two women had 60 pregnancies resulting in 50 live births (83%). Forty-four deliveries (88%) were vaginal and 6 (12%) were by cesarean section. One delivery was premature at 29 weeks. There was one successful twin pregnancy. There were 11 unsuccessful pregnancies. One patient developed congestive heart failure late in pregnancy because of systemic atrioventricular valve regurgitation and required valve replacement in the early postpartum period. One patient had a total of 12 pregnancies, including 1 twin pregnancy and 2 unsuccessful pregnancies. She had multiple pregnancy-related complications, including toxemia, congestive heart failure, endocarditis and myocardial infarction (single coronary artery). No other serious pregnancy-related maternal complications and no pregnancy-related deaths occurred. The mean birth weight of the infants (n = 32) was 3.2 +/- 0.4 kg. None of the 50 live offspring have been diagnosed with congenital heart disease. CONCLUSIONS Successful pregnancy can be achieved in most women with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries. The rate of fetal loss and maternal cardiovascular morbidity is increased. Because of the small number of births, the risk of congenital heart disease in offspring of women with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries is uncertain.
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- H M Connolly
- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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Queisser-Luft A, Eggers I, Stolz G, Kieninger-Baum D, Schlaefer K. Serial examination of 20,248 newborn fetuses and infants: correlations between drug exposure and major malformations. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 1996; 63:268-76. [PMID: 8723120 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19960503)63:1<268::aid-ajmg45>3.0.co;2-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Maternal medication during the first trimester of pregnancy has been discussed as a risk factor for development of birth defects. The correlation between maternal drug use and major malformations was investigated in a population-based case-control study in Mainz. Over a period of 5 years (1990-1994), 20,248 livebirths, stillbirths, and abortions underwent physical and sonographic examination, and anamnestic data were collected. A total of 1,472 births with congenital anomalies (cases) and 9,682 births without major and minor malformations (controls) were analyzed. We distinguished between 30 different drug categories, which were divided into medication taken continuously (before and during pregnancy; CM) and acute medication (drugs given within the first 3 months of gravidity; AM). Statistically highly-significant results [CM: Odds Ratios (OR) 1.2, Confidence Intervals (CI) 1.1-1.4, P = 0.008; AM: OR 1.2, CI 1.1-1.3, P = 0.008] were established for maternal drug use in correlation to birth defects. For the majority of combinations between drugs and specific malformations no teratogenic risks were found. However, statistically significant associations were recorded for antiallergics and heart anomalies (CM, AM) as well as musculoskeletal anomalies (AM); for bronchodilators and heart anomalies (CM, AM); for antiepileptics and anomalies of the internal urogenital system (CM), as well as cleft palate/cleft lips (AM); for thyroid hormones and anomalies of the nervous system (CM, AM), as well as anomalies of the external urogenital system (CM, AM); for insulin and anomalies of the musculoskeletal system (CM); for digitalis and anomalies of the musculoskeletal system (AM).
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- A Queisser-Luft
- Children's Hospital, Johannes-Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
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Kennedy BB. Mitral stenosis: implications for critical care obstetric nursing. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 1995; 24:406-12. [PMID: 7658252 DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.1995.tb02497.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Pregnancy complicated by mitral stenosis poses a significant risk for maternal morbidity and mortality. The perinatal nurse is challenged to use obstetric and cardiac physiologic principles in planning and guiding care during the intrapartum period. Nursing assessments and interventions based on these principles promote positive outcomes.
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- B B Kennedy
- Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, TN, USA
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The pathophysiology of mitral and valvular heart disease is presented with an emphasis on the relationship of these conditions to pregnancy. Management options are discussed. Special attention is directed to patients who have prosthetic valves in place and who become pregnant. The care of this group of patients may be difficult, and treatment strategies are presented.
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- H J Sullivan
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois
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OBJECTIVES The outcome of pregnancy in Ebstein's anomaly was studied in 72 such patients (44 women, 28 men) who had had pregnancies or fathered children. BACKGROUND Patients with Ebstein's anomaly often reach childbearing age. Reports of the outcome of pregnancy in Ebstein's anomaly are available; however, the number of patients is small. METHODS The medical and surgical data bases at the Mayo Clinic were reviewed, and 145 patients (62 men, 83 women) of childbearing age with Ebstein's anomaly were located. All patients were contacted, and 72 patients (44 women, 28 men) with offspring were identified and reviewed in detail to assess the outcome of pregnancy. RESULTS Forty-four women had 111 pregnancies resulting in 85 live births (76%). Seventy-six deliveries (89%) were vaginal, and nine (11%) were by cesarean section. Twenty-three deliveries were premature. There were 19 spontaneously unsuccessful pregnancies, 7 therapeutic abortions and 2 early neonatal deaths. The mean birth weight of the infants born to cyanotic women was 2.53 kg, which was significantly lower than the mean birth weight of infants born to acyanotic women (3.14 kg [p < 0.001]). The overall incidence of congenital heart disease in the 158 offspring of parents with Ebstein's anomaly was 4% (6 of 158). The incidence of congenital heart disease was 6% (5 of 83) in the offspring of women with Ebstein's anomaly and 1% (1 of 75) in that of men. There was a 0.6% (1 of 158) incidence of familial Ebstein's anomaly. There were no serious pregnancy-related maternal complications, which included maternal death, stroke, congestive heart failure, arrhythmias or endocarditis. CONCLUSIONS Pregnancy in women with Ebstein's anomaly is well tolerated. It is associated with an increased risk of prematurity, fetal loss and congenital heart disease in the offspring. In addition, a significantly lower birth weight is found in the offspring of cyanotic versus acyanotic women with Ebstein's anomaly. Paternal Ebstein's anomaly also seems to result in an increased risk of congenital heart disease in the offspring compared with the incidence in the general population.
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- H M Connolly
- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905
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Sheikh AU, Harper MA. Myocardial infarction during pregnancy: management and outcome of two pregnancies. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1993; 169:279-83; discussion 283-4. [PMID: 8362936 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(93)90076-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Each year in the United States approximately 500,000 women die from ischemic heart disease. However, there are < 100 reported cases of myocardial infarction occurring during pregnancy. The current management of these patients is empiric, with pulmonary artery catheterization during labor being frequently reported. STUDY DESIGN In the past year we have managed and delivered two such patients, including the first reported case of myocardial infarction with a triplet gestation. RESULTS Both patients had clinical and laboratory signs of myocardial infarction and underwent coronary angiography. They subsequently had preeclampsia and were prematurely delivered of viable fetuses. One patient had angina pectoris during labor and was successfully treated with sublingual nitroglycerin. Neither patient suffered reinfarction or heart failure. Invasive hemodynamic monitoring was not used, and the mode of delivery was determined solely on obstetric indications. CONCLUSION In pregnant patients with myocardial infarction, invasive central monitoring is unnecessary in patients with good cardiac function and reserve and the mode of delivery should be based on obstetric indications.
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- A U Sheikh
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1066
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Hsieh TT, Chen KC, Soong JH. Outcome of pregnancy in patients with organic heart disease in Taiwan. ASIA-OCEANIA JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY 1993; 19:21-7. [PMID: 8489463 DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1993.tb00342.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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A total of 122 pregnancies in 101 women with organic heart disease were reviewed. The incidence of organic heart disease in pregnant women was 0.25%. The ratio of rheumatic to congenital heart disease was 1.0 to 1.5. In the congenital heart disease group, IUGR was more frequent in the cyanotic group as were preterm births. Patients with cyanotic lesions had a significantly higher maternal mortality rate than those with acyanotic lesions. The cyanotic group without surgical correction had a significantly higher maternal mortality rate and more IUGR than those with correction. Congestive heart failure was the most common maternal complication, with a rate of 38.1%. The patients with good cardiac status control during pregnancy developed less IUGR, had fewer preterm births, less maternal morbidity and less maternal mortality than those in poor condition. Patients in functional classes I and II before pregnancy carried less risk of maternal morbidity than those in classes III and IV.
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- T T Hsieh
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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Cardiac Disease in Pregnancy: Intrapartum Considerations. Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0899-5885(18)30615-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The treatment for supraventricular tachycardia in pregnancy is somewhat controversial. Although a variety of medications have been used to terminate this rhythm during pregnancy, all have actual or theoretical drawbacks. Adenosine is a relatively new medication with an extremely short half-life and is effective in the treatment of supraventricular tachycardia. We report a case in which this medication was used successfully during pregnancy. In addition, we found that adenosine had no effect on fetal heart rate in this case.
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- S Leffler
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131-5246
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Donnelly JE, Brown JM, Radford DJ. Pregnancy outcome and Ebstein's anomaly. BRITISH HEART JOURNAL 1991; 66:368-71. [PMID: 1747297 PMCID: PMC1024777 DOI: 10.1136/hrt.66.5.368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Ebstein's anomaly is an uncommon congenital cardiac abnormality that may be associated with cyanosis and arrhythmias. For those female patients with the anomaly who survive to adult life there is little information available about pregnancy, maternal complications, and fetal outcome. This study was designed to address this issue so that these patients can receive appropriate advice and management. METHODS AND RESULTS Forty two pregnancies in 12 women with Ebstein's anomaly were studied. The mothers' cardiac lesions were assessed on the basis of symptoms, the presence of cyanosis or arrhythmia, and by echocardiographic grading of severity. In the absence of important maternal cyanosis or arrhythmia, pregnancy was well tolerated. Neonatal outcome was good though there was an increased risk of prematurity and dysmaturity in the babies born to mothers with cyanosis. CONCLUSIONS This study indicates that women with Ebstein's anomaly who reach child-bearing age can be advised that pregnancy is likely to be well tolerated with good fetal outcome. Maternal arrhythmia or cyanosis are indications for closer maternal and fetal observation.
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- J E Donnelly
- Mater Misericordiae Public Hospitals, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Adenosine is a naturally occurring endogenous nucleoside that suppresses atrioventricular nodal conduction time, terminates supraventricular tachycardia, and restores sinus rhythm. Its use has been reported in children and adults but not in pregnant patients. This case documents the successful termination of a supraventricular tachycardia in a 39-week pregnant hypotensive patient. Emergency physicians may wish to consider adenosine use in pregnant patients needing emergency therapy or when conventional therapy fails.
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- S M Podolsky
- Department of Surgery, University School of Medicine, California
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