Myocardial infarction - a rare occurrence in young women, but the situation is changing dramatically with the onset of pregnancy. Israeli and American doctors came to the conclusion that the risk of a heart attack in the "interesting situation" grows to several times.
Researchers Uri Elkana School of Medicine in Los Angeles and grew out of Aria's School of Medicine in Tel Aviv estimated that the likelihood of suffering from myocardial infarction during pregnancy is increased by 3-4 times. Experts have studied the data of 95 women with a diagnosis of myocardial infarction associated with pregnancy. Their conclusion is: acute cardiac pathology can overtake the woman almost any time of pregnancy, and for 3 months after childbirth.
Also, doctors found a trend: it turns out, a heart attack is very "likes" women with multiple pregnancy and expectant mothers older than 30 years.
A medical investigation it was found that most of the causes of myocardial infarction in pregnant women are plaques that accumulate on the walls of the coronary arteries (more than 40 percent of all cases studied). Much more rarely to a heart attack brought tromoobrazovanie and rupture of the coronary arteries.
According to experts, the problem is that even doctors are often ill-informed about the possible risk of heart attack during pregnancy, so the warning signs in young women passed. To estimate the probability of a heart attack, experts advise using tests used submaximal exercise load with constant observation of the fetus. But from the X-ray and other radiological methods of research, as well as statins, researchers are advised to abstain.
At the same time, doctors are convinced that if the woman's condition returned to normal after suffering an attack, natural childbirth does not pose a serious risk to her health. (READ MORE)
Pregnancy and Gynecology
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