Table 2.
Details of ischaemic heart disease and offspring outcomes in 146 pregnancies (including 6 twin pregnancies and one triplet pregnancy) according to the literature included in our review
| Presenting symptoms | Number of pregnancies | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Chest pain | 131 | 95 |
| Dyspnoea | 38 | 36 |
| Syncope | 10 | 9 |
| Dizziness | 10 | 10 |
| Heart failure syndrome | 6 | 6 |
| Palpitations | 1 | 1 |
| Exercise intolerance | 4 | 4 |
| No symptoms | 0 | 0 |
| Location of AMI | ||
| Anterior, anteroseptal or anterolateral | 80 | 67 |
| Inferior, inferoposterior or inferolateral | 22 | 19 |
| Other | 13 | 14 |
| Presumed aetiology of IHD | ||
| Coronary dissection | 46 | 35 |
| Thrombus/embolism | 33 | 25 |
| Atherosclerosis/stenosis | 31 | 24 |
| Coronary spasm/other/unexplained | 20 | 15 |
| Timing of AMI | ||
| During pregnancy, first trimester | 9 | 6 |
| During pregnancy, second trimester | 22 | 15 |
| During pregnancy, third trimester | 56 | 38 |
| During post-partum period | 50 | 33 |
| During delivery | 7 | 5 |
| During pregnancy, unknown | 2 | 1 |
| Offspring outcome | ||
| Live born | 128 | 96 |
| Perinatal death | 5 | 4 |
| Premature birth | 55 | 56 |
| Low birth weight | 19 | 40 |
| Small for gestational age | 1 | 2 |
| Apgar score (at 5 min) | ||
| < 7 | 5 | 16 |
| 7–10 | 27 | 84 |
Perinatal death stands for intrauterine foetal death and stillborn
Premature birth is defined as birth at < 37 weeks of gestation, low birth weight is defined as weight <2500 g, small for gestational age is defined as birth weight < 10th percentile
Missing data were excluded for analysis
AMI acute myocardial infarction, IHD ischaemic heart disease