Table 4. Description of maternal deaths.

Patient	Age (years)	Diagnosis	Parity	Gestational age at 1st visit (weeks)	PAP (mmHg)	Complications	Gestational age at delivery (weeks)	Delivery	Foetal state	Time of maternal death	Cause of death	Additional information
1	26	Mitral stenosis (MVA: 0.58 cm²) diagnosed in pregnancy	G1P0	19	115	Cardiac failure	30	Emergency C/S for foetal compromise	Alive	Day 1 post C/S	Cardiac failure	Decompensated intra-op post delivery - died day 1 post delivery in ICU
2	39	Asthma/ obesity/ peripartum cardiomyopathy X 4	G5P4	31	51	Septicaemia/ cellulitis/ renal failure	34	NVD	Alive	Day 3 post NVD	Cardiac failure	Cardiac failure secondary to cardiomyopathy - died in ICU, was on ionotropic support
3	22	MMVD (MVA: 1.24 cm2) diagnosed in pregnancy	GIPO	27	52	Developed cardiac failure/ severe anaemia post delivery	37	Elective C/S for cardiac disease	Alive	Day 30 post C/S	Cardiac failure
4	28	TB pericarditis (treated 4 years prior to pregnancy)	G3P1	20	110	Cardiac failure/sepsis	37	Emergency C/S for worsening cardiac failure	Alive	Day 2 post C/S	Cardiac failure	Developed cardio- respiratory failure and sepsis peri- delivery
5	30	Severe tricuspid regurgitation (diagnosed in pregnancy)	G2P1	37	91	Cardiac failure	37	Emergency C/S for worsening cardiac failure	Alive	Day 2 post C/S	Cardiac failure	Transferred to ICU from peripheral hospital with cardiac failure and newly diagnosed severe tricuspid regurgitation with pulmonary hypertension

MVA, mitral valve AREA; MMVD, mixed mitral valve disease; C/S, caesarean section; G, gravidity; P, parity; ICU, intensive care unit.