Acute Myocardial Infarction in Pregnancy

Heart Disease of Pregnancy and Puerperium

“…According to Fletcher et at. [7], there are only 30 cases in the world literature and acute myocardial in farction in pregnancy could cause difficulty in diagnosis. Transient hypertension commonly occurs.…”

Acute Myocardial Infarction and Normal Coronary Arteries in a Pregnant Woman

“…In two reports, each reviewing about 40,000 deliveries, myocardial infarction dur ing pregnancy was rare and seemed to occur more frequently in older multigravidae [1,2], but coronary angiography was not done frequently in these patients. Pregnant women with myocardial infarction who had undergone coronary angiography generally showed normal coronaries [3,4], Our patient is also a case who had a transmural myocar dial infarction with normal coronary arteries and an apical aneurysm.…”

“…Myocardial infarction during pregnancy is rare and the incidence was estimated at 1/10,000 pregnancies [1,2], However, myo cardial infarctions in pregnant women with normal coronary arteries were reported in only 3 cases, as far as we have found in the literature [3,4], We recently observed a preg nant woman who had a transmural myocar dial infarction and her coronary arteriogra phy done 2 months after infarction revealed normal coronary arteries.…”

Myocardial Infarction during Pregnancy: A Case Report

“…It is often said that caesarian section should be undertaken only for obstet ric indications, and that vaginal delivery avoids the stress of surgery [1,4,20].…”

“…Nevertheless, smoking and pill usage may increase the frequency of MI dur ing pregnancy. Fletcher et al [1] estimated the incidence of ischemic heart disease dur ing pregnancy as 7.5/100,000 deliveries. Eighty-eight cases of acute MI occurring dur ing pregnancy have been documented [2], We present our experience with a partu rient who had an acute anterior MI in her 34th gestational week and was delivered suc cessfully at term.…”