Background and Aims
Contemporary data on the prevalence, trends, and outcomes of cardiovascular, diseases (CVD) in pregnant patients are limited. This study aimed to analyze the, prevalence, trends, and outcomes of CVD and their subtypes in hospitalized pregnant, patients in the United States (U.S.).
Methods
This retrospective population-based cohort study used the Nationwide Readmission Database to identify all hospitalized pregnant patients from January 1, 2010, to, December 31, 2019. Data analyses were conducted from January-February 2022., Pregnancy-associated hospitalizations were identified. Main outcomes were, prevalence and trend of CVD in pregnant patients.
Results
39,212,104 hospitalized pregnant patients were identified: 4,409,924 with CVD (11.3%), and 34,802,180 without CVD (88.8%). The annual age adjusted CVD prevalence, increased from 9.2% in 2010 to 14.8% in 2019 (p < 0.001). Hypertensive disorder of, pregnancy (1069/10,000) was the most common, and aortic dissection (0.1/10,000), was the least common CVD. Trends of all CVD subtypes increased; however, the trend, of valvular heart disease decreased. Age adjusted in-hospital all-cause mortality was, 8.2/10,000 in CVD but its trend decreased from 8.1/10,000 in 2010 to 6.5/10,000 in, 2019 (p < 0.001). CVD was associated with 15.51 times higher odds of in-hospital allcause, mortality compared with non-CVD patients (odds ratio (OR): 15.51, 95% CI, 13.22-18.20, p < 0.001). CVD was associated with higher 6-week postpartum readmission (OR: 1.97, 95% CI: 1.95-1.99), myocardial infarction (OR: 3.04, 95% CI:, 2.57-3.59), and stroke (OR: 2.66, 95% CI: 2.41-2.94) (p < 0.001 for all).
Conclusion
There is an increasing age adjusted trend in overall CVD and its subtypes among, pregnant patients in the U.S. from 2010 to 2019. Pregnant patients with CVD had, higher odds of in-hospital mortality than those without CVD. However, in-hospital allcause, mortality among patients with and without CVD decreased over the past 10, years. CVD was associated with higher 6-week postpartum all-cause readmission, myocardial infarction, and stroke.