International Journal of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Author(s): Vinayraju D, Akhila and Gururaju D

Abstract: The overall prevalence heart disease complicating pregnancy varies from 0.3-3.5%. With a decrease in maternal death as a result of the classic causes of haemorrhage, hypertension and infection, the relative incidence of cardiac disease has increased1.Cardiac disease in pregnant women can present challenges in cardiovascular and maternal-fetal management. During the last few decades, the etiology of heart disease in developed countries has changed from primarily rheumatic to predominantly congenital. The present study was conducted among the antenatal women admitted in the department of OBG with a previously diagnosed cardiac disease or diagnosed after admission during index pregnancy. The mothers and the babies were followed up. Maternal outcome was defined as discharged or died. The perinatal outcome was defined in terms of mortality, presence of congenital heart disease or other anomalies in the offspring. In our study percentage of LSCS is around 37%, which is almost similar to most of the studies. There is significantly high percentage of maternal mortality compared to other studies. In our study there is comparatively higher mortality rate among peripartum cardiomyopathy cases, reasons may be delay in detection, lack of available resources like ICU facilities, precipitating factors like anemia, PIH etc.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33545/gynae.2025.v9.i5b.1689

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