...Olga Perelshtein Brezinov; Amihay Shinfeld; Michael Arad; Tal Cahan; Michal J. Simchen; Rafael Kuperstein While the immediate effects of pregnancy on aortic dimension in patients with Marfan syndrome (MFS) have been evaluated, the late effects of subsequent pregnancies in these patients are less...

...Eva Furenäs; Peter Eriksson; Ulla-Britt Wennerholm; Mikael Dellborg Objective: To describe the frequency of cardiac complications during pregnancy related to parity in women with congenital heart defects. Methods: A retrospective tertiary single-center study at the Adult Congenital Heart Disease...

..., the patient had not received the influenza vaccination during the current pregnancy. On the morning of her admission, the patient felt lightheaded, nauseated, and weak. Upon arrival to her home, the paramedics found the patient to be tachycardic (heart rate 120 beats/min) and hypotensive (blood pressure 79/56...

...Sorel Goland; Fausen Tsai; Munira Habib; Munir Janmohamed; T. Murphy Goodwin; Uri Elkayam Background: Pulmonary hypertension carries significant maternal and fetal risk during pregnancy and the postpartum period. As maternal mortality is high, specific targeted therapy for pulmonary hypertension...

... -plasmin inhibitor complex. Thus, thrombus formation might have been associated with the onset of acute myocardial infarction. This is the first case of acute myocardial infarction during pregnancy, showing normal coronary angiogram and negative pharmacological provocation of coronary spasm. CARDIOLOGY...

...Wing-Hing Chow; Tsun-Cheung Chow; Ming-Sun Wat; King-Loong Cheung Percutaneous balloon mitral valvotomy (PBMV) using the Inoue balloon catheter was performed successfully in 2 patients with severe mitral stenosis refractory to medical treatment during pregnancy. Because of its unique design...

...Melvin C W. Wong; Michael J. Giuliani; Clarke Haley Jr There are many special conditions which may predispose women to have a higher risk of stroke. These conditions include pregnancy and the puerperium, exogenous estrogen use, cerebral vasculitis, mitral valve prolapse and migraine. Recognition...

...Drora Samra; Yecheskel Samra; Marjorie Hertz; Michael Maier Myocardial infarction during pregnancy and puerperium is very rare. Increased awareness of its possible occurrence is important for diagnosis. A young woman who developed acute myocardial infarction 14 days after labor is described. She...

...Yair Frenkel; Abba Etchin; Gad Barkai; Leonardo Reisinc; Shlomo Mashiach; Alexander Battler Myocardial infarction during pregnancy is rare. This report presents a 28-year-old parturient with no risk factors for coronary heart disease, in whom an acute anterior myocardial infarction occurred...

... or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Pregnancy Myocardial infarction Coronary arteries Cardiology 75...

...Arby Nahapetian; Ronald J. Oudiz We report a case of a woman who became pregnant after the diagnosis of moderate to severe pulmonary hypertension and underwent successful full-term pregnancy. Pulmonary hemodynamics were monitored before pregnancy and in the peripartum period. The patient...

.... Pregnancy reports after repair for truncus arteriosus are scarce. Therefore, the maternal and offspring outcomes are unknown. We report the outcome of a pregnancy in an 18-year-old woman with repaired truncus arteriosus. Despite severe and symptomatic deterioration of truncal valve regurgitation, she...

...Willem Drenthen; Petronella G. Pieper; Karin van der Tuuk; Jolien W. Roos-Hesselink; Elke S. Hoendermis; Adriaan A. Voors; Barbara J.M. Mulder; Arie P.J. van Dijk; Sing C. Yap; Hubert W. Vliegen; Philip Moons; Tjark Ebels; Dirk J. van Veldhuisen Objectives: To investigate outcome of pregnancy...

... or palpitations. The patient has 3 prior full-term pregnancies that were uneventful. There was no history of any tobacco smoking or illicit substance abuse. She was not taking any medications at the time of presentation. 31 01 2006 24 06 2006 22 9 2006 Upon physical examination...

...Christiana M. Schannwell; Tobias Zimmermann; Markus Schneppenheim; Gunnar Plehn; Roger Marx; Bodo E. Strauer Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine which hemodynamic parameters change under the natural volume overload of pregnancy. Study Design: 46 healthy pregnant women were...