Open AccessA RETROSPECTIVE STUDY ON CARDIAC DISEASE IN PREGNANCY
Author(s) -
Mounika Edupuganti,
Panthagani Vineela
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
paripex indian journal of research
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.36106/paripex/2100520
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , heart disease , etiology , incidence (geometry) , disease , valvular heart disease , diabetes mellitus , peripartum cardiomyopathy , pediatrics , heart failure , rheumatic fever , obstetrics , cardiology , cardiomyopathy , genetics , physics , optics , biology , endocrinology
Cardiac disease in pregnancy is one of the common ,indirectobstetric causes of maternal mortality reported incidencevarying between 0.5 and 5.9% worldwide. The rise inmaternal mortality has been attributed to increasingnumbers of women at advanced maternal age undertakingpregnancy, comorbid pre-existing conditions such asdiabetes mellitus and hypertension and the growing numberof women with congenital heart disease surviving tochildbearing. Valvular heart disease is present in 80% ofpatients with heart disease during pregnancy in developingcountries with rheumatic fever as the most common etiologyand the mitral valve being the most commonly affected valve,but is uncommon in developed countries. Heart failurecomplicating rheumatic heart disease in pregnancy has beendescribed in 22% women presenting to clinics in India andfew African countries.