Heart disease in pregnancy-clinical pattern and prevalence: initial data from the first cardio-maternal unit in Iraq.
Hasan Ali FarhanIsraa Fadhil YaseenPublished in: BMC research notes (2019)
A total of 252 pregnant women presented to cardio-maternal unit included in this study. According to the collected data, among the main diagnosis of heart disease during pregnancy was valvular heart disease 34.1%, followed by congenital heart disease 30.5%, cardiomyopathy 29.8%, pulmonary hypertension 4%, and ischemic heart disease 1.6%. Among subtypes of the main heart diseases in pregnant women, the most clinical pattern was: the prosthetic heart valve (26.7%) in valvular heart disease, both atrial septal defect and ventricular septal defect (35%) in congenital heart disease, and peripartum cardiomyopathy (76%) among cardiomyopathies.
Keyphrases
- congenital heart disease
- pulmonary hypertension
- pregnant women
- atrial fibrillation
- pregnancy outcomes
- heart failure
- pulmonary artery
- aortic valve
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- catheter ablation
- electronic health record
- birth weight
- big data
- left atrial
- left ventricular
- mitral valve
- oral anticoagulants
- coronary artery disease
- weight gain
- artificial intelligence
- body mass index