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Myocardial infarction associated with pregnancy is rare, with a literature review identifying 48 cases (22 with acceptable diagnostic evidence) and 2 additional reported cases.
Myocardial infarction during pregnancy is a rare event, with only a few dozen well-documented cases reported in the literature up to the time of publication.
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Highlights rarity of pregnancy-associated MI; leaves open evidence-based management strategies.
THE incidence of heart disease in pregnant women is approximately 2 per cent. Rheumatic heart disease makes up the vast preponderance of these cases, whereas myocardial infarction is rare. The purpose of this paper is to review the reported cases of myocardial infarction associated with pregnancy and to report 2 additional cases.Review of the LiteratureIn 1952 Mendelson1 reviewed 19 case reports from 1871 to 1950, and added 4 cases of his own. In the ensuing eight years 25 more cases have been noted,2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 bringing the total to 48. Of these, only 221 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 , 21 22 23 24 present acceptable evidence for the diagnosis . . .
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Alan Brown (1960) conducted a review in Myocardial infarction associated with pregnancy (n=50). Pregnancy was evaluated. Myocardial infarction associated with pregnancy is rare, with a literature review identifying 48 cases (22 with acceptable diagnostic evidence) and 2 additional reported cases.
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