Retrospective analysis of 30 pregnant womem complicated with heart failure

Abstract

Objective To investigate the risk of heart failure to the mother and the neonate.Methods The clinical data of 30 pregnant womem with heart failure from January 1993 to December 2010 from Capital Medical University Tongren Hospital was retrospectively analyzed.Results Of the 30 patients,there were 12 affected with congenital heart disease (40％) ; 9 with rheumatic heart disease 30％,7 with heart failure in pregnancy-induced hypertension 23％.Heart failure appeared at the average of (34.20 ± 4.25) weeks in pregnancy.The average terminal time of pregnancy was (34.84 ± 2.17) weeks.The rate of early birth was 73.33％.The average birth weight was (2011 ±568) g,with 7 babies less than 2000 g.No death occurred in both new the mother and the neonate.Condusion The main causes of heart failure in pregnancy are congenital and rheumatic heart disease and pregnancy-induced hypertension.For those heart failure occurs before 30 weeks,it is the first selection that pregnancy shoud be terminated; For those occur after 30 weeks,active treatment should be performed to improve maternal heart function and promote fetal maturity.Apropriate threatment during per-cesarean section may decrease the case fatality of the mother and neonate. Key words: Pregnancy; Heart failure; Heart disease