Why the study?
What are the incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of myocardial infarction in pregnancy and postpartum?
Population
25 women with myocardial infarction in pregnancy and up to one week postpartum in the UK, compared to 1360…
Design
Case-control
Follow-up
up to one week postpartum
Authors
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Supports heightened awareness of MI risk factors during pregnancy; leaves open questions on prevention efficacy pending randomized data.
What are the incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of myocardial infarction in pregnancy and postpartum?
Myocardial infarction in pregnancy is rare (0.7 per 100,000 maternities) but is associated with recognizable and modifiable risk factors such as smoking and hypertension.
Bush et al. (2011) studied this question.
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