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Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular

MedGen UID:
18613
•Concept ID:
C0032963
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Cardiovascular Pregnancy Complication; Cardiovascular Pregnancy Complications; Complication, Cardiovascular Pregnancy; Complications, Cardiovascular Pregnancy; Pregnancies, Cardiovascular Complications; Pregnancy Complication, Cardiovascular; Pregnancy, Cardiovascular Complications

Definition

The co-occurrence of pregnancy and a cardiovascular disease. The disease may precede or follow FERTILIZATION and it may or may not have a deleterious effect on the pregnant woman or FETUS. [from MeSH]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVPregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Surgical management of spontaneous coronary artery dissection.
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Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35(4):402-5. PMID: 19156232Free PMC Article
A MODERN APPROACH TO THE INJECTION TREATMENT OF VARICOSE VEINS AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN PREGNANT PATIENTS.
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CLASSIFICATION AND DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF THE MYOCARDIOPATHIES.
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Prog Cardiovasc Dis 1964 Jul;7:1-16. doi: 10.1016/s0033-0620(64)80027-x. PMID: 14214809

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: JACC State-of-the-Art Review.
Hayes SN, Tweet MS, Adlam D, Kim ESH, Gulati R, Price JE, Rose CH
J Am Coll Cardiol 2020 Aug 25;76(8):961-984. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.05.084. PMID: 32819471
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: JACC State-of-the-Art Review.
Davis MB, Arany Z, McNamara DM, Goland S, Elkayam U
J Am Coll Cardiol 2020 Jan 21;75(2):207-221. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.11.014. PMID: 31948651
Cardio-Obstetrics.
Davis MB, Walsh MN
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2019 Feb;12(2):e005417. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.005417. PMID: 30773028
Postpartum aortic dissection.
Yuan SM
Taiwan J Obstet Gynecol 2013 Sep;52(3):318-22. doi: 10.1016/j.tjog.2013.06.003. PMID: 24075366
Stroke and pregnancy.
Davie CA, O'Brien P
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008 Mar;79(3):240-5. Epub 2007 Nov 6 doi: 10.1136/jnnp.2007.116939. PMID: 17986502

Diagnosis

Peripartum Cardiomyopathy.
Arany Z
N Engl J Med 2024 Jan 11;390(2):154-164. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra2306667. PMID: 38197818
Peripartum cardiomyopathy: a review.
Iorgoveanu C, Zaghloul A, Ashwath M
Heart Fail Rev 2021 Nov;26(6):1287-1296. Epub 2021 Jun 17 doi: 10.1007/s10741-020-10061-x. PMID: 34138401Free PMC Article
Pregnancy and Aortic Dissection.
Prendes CF, Christersson C, Mani K
Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2020 Aug;60(2):309-311. Epub 2020 May 12 doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2020.03.052. PMID: 32409015
Cardio-Obstetrics.
Davis MB, Walsh MN
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2019 Feb;12(2):e005417. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.005417. PMID: 30773028
Cardiovascular Emergencies in Pregnancy.
Al-Talib TK, Liu SS, Srivastava M
Cardiol Clin 2018 Feb;36(1):171-181. doi: 10.1016/j.ccl.2017.09.006. PMID: 29173677

Therapy

Management of hypertension in pregnancy.
Amro F, Sibai B
Semin Fetal Neonatal Med 2020 Oct;25(5):101147. Epub 2020 Aug 28 doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2020.101147. PMID: 33121915
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension and pregnancy.
Kesler A, Kupferminc M
Clin Obstet Gynecol 2013 Jun;56(2):389-96. doi: 10.1097/GRF.0b013e31828f2701. PMID: 23563883
Thromboprophylaxis in pregnancy: who and how?
Davis SM, Branch DW
Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am 2010 Jun;37(2):333-43. doi: 10.1016/j.ogc.2010.02.004. PMID: 20685557
Metformin versus insulin for the treatment of gestational diabetes.
Rowan JA, Hague WM, Gao W, Battin MR, Moore MP; MiG Trial Investigators
N Engl J Med 2008 May 8;358(19):2003-15. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0707193. PMID: 18463376
Hypovolaemic shock.
Hofmeyr GJ, Mohlala BK
Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol 2001 Aug;15(4):645-62. doi: 10.1053/beog.2001.0205. PMID: 11478820

Prognosis

Update: Focus in-hospital maternal cardiac arrest.
Fischer C, Bonnet MP, Girault A, Le Ray C
J Gynecol Obstet Hum Reprod 2019 May;48(5):309-314. Epub 2019 Feb 20 doi: 10.1016/j.jogoh.2019.02.007. PMID: 30796984
Cardio-Obstetrics.
Davis MB, Walsh MN
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2019 Feb;12(2):e005417. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.005417. PMID: 30773028
Pregnancy and Cardiac Disease.
Roos-Hesselink JW, Stein JI
Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed) 2017 Feb;70(2):78-80. Epub 2016 Sep 16 doi: 10.1016/j.rec.2016.08.002. PMID: 27650860
Cardiomyopathy in pregnancy.
Lewey J, Haythe J
Semin Perinatol 2014 Aug;38(5):309-17. Epub 2014 Jun 5 doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2014.04.021. PMID: 25037522
Pregnancy and renal disease.
Lancet 1975 Oct 25;2(7939):801-2. PMID: 78159

Clinical prediction guides

Thrombotic microangiopathies of pregnancy: Differential diagnosis.
Gupta M, Feinberg BB, Burwick RM
Pregnancy Hypertens 2018 Apr;12:29-34. Epub 2018 Feb 16 doi: 10.1016/j.preghy.2018.02.007. PMID: 29674195
Pregnancy and native heart valve disease.
Thorne S
Heart 2016 Sep 1;102(17):1410-7. Epub 2016 Jul 7 doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2014-306729. PMID: 27390366
Risk Assessment and Management of the Mother with Cardiovascular Disease.
Hebson C, Saraf A, Book WM
Clin Perinatol 2016 Mar;43(1):1-22. doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2015.11.001. PMID: 26876118
The epidemiology of venous thromboembolism.
Heit JA, Spencer FA, White RH
J Thromb Thrombolysis 2016 Jan;41(1):3-14. doi: 10.1007/s11239-015-1311-6. PMID: 26780736Free PMC Article
Pregnancy and Adult Congenital Heart Disease.
Bhatt AB, DeFaria Yeh D
Cardiol Clin 2015 Nov;33(4):611-23, ix. Epub 2015 Aug 30 doi: 10.1016/j.ccl.2015.07.008. PMID: 26471824

Recent systematic reviews

Does the incidence of pulmonary embolism increase during pregnancy?
Howard C, Howard PK
Adv Emerg Nurs J 2015 Apr-Jun;37(2):74-8. doi: 10.1097/TME.0000000000000055. PMID: 25929217
Chronic hypertension and pregnancy outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Bramham K, Parnell B, Nelson-Piercy C, Seed PT, Poston L, Chappell LC
BMJ 2014 Apr 15;348:g2301. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g2301. PMID: 24735917Free PMC Article
Acute revascularization therapy in pregnant patients.
Hirano T
Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 2013;53(8):531-6. doi: 10.2176/nmc.53.531. PMID: 23979048
Antihypertensive therapy in pregnancy.
Podymow T, August P, Umans JG
Semin Nephrol 2004 Nov;24(6):616-25. doi: 10.1016/s0270-9295(04)00133-0. PMID: 15529297
Arterio-ureteral fistula--a systematic review.
Bergqvist D, Pärsson H, Sherif A
Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2001 Sep;22(3):191-6. doi: 10.1053/ejvs.2001.1432. PMID: 11506509

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