A Study of Cardiac Disease in Pregnancy and Fetomaternal Outcome

Abstract

Background: Pregnancy comes as a temporary complication in patient with a cardiac disease. Prevalence of
heart disease in pregnancy varies from 0.3%-3.5%.It is fourth common cause of maternal mortality and one of the
most important non obstetrical cause of maternal death. Objective: The objective of this study was to find out
cause, incidence, management and fetomaternal outcome of pregnancy with cardiac disease. Material and
Methods: This is a prospective study of 36 cases of pregnancy with cardiac diseases. They were thoroughly
investigated to get cause, incidence, management and fetomaternal outcome of pregnancy with cardiac diseases.
Results: The prevalence of cardiac diseases during the study was 0.29%. RHD is still the major group of heart
diseases in pregnancy among which mitral valve diseases is the commonest (53.52%). 60.3% babies are LBW
thus prematurity is very common in patient with cardiac disease. Conclusion: The results of our study indicate that
cardiac diseases forms considerable proposal of medical illness complicating pregnancy.