COVID-19, congenital heart disease, and pregnancy: dramatic conjunction-case report.
Walkiria Samuel AvilaMarcelo KirschbaumMarcela Santana DevidoLéa Maria Macruz Ferreira DemarchiPublished in: European heart journal. Case reports (2021)
Progressive physiological changes during pregnancy cause cardiovascular complications in women with severe heart disease and higher susceptibility to viral infection and severe pneumonia. COVID-19 is known to incite an intense inflammatory and prothrombotic response with clinical expression of severe acute respiratory syndrome, heart failure, and thromboembolic events. The overlap of these COVID-19 events with those of pregnancy in this woman with underlying heart disease contributed to an unfortunate outcome and maternal death.
Keyphrases
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- case report
- congenital heart disease
- heart failure
- pregnancy outcomes
- pulmonary hypertension
- preterm birth
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- multiple sclerosis
- early onset
- poor prognosis
- pregnant women
- left ventricular
- risk factors
- intensive care unit
- weight loss
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- physical activity
- drug induced
- weight gain