TITLE:
Valvular Heart Diseases and Pregnancy in Delivery Room at University Hospital Yalgado Ouedraogo
AUTHORS:
Koudougou Jonas Kologo, Georges Rosario Christian Millogo, Georges Kinda, Hermann Adoko, Yibar Kambiré, Anna Thiam/Tall, Relwendé Aristide Yaméogo, André K. Samadoulougou, Patrice Zabsonré
KEYWORDS:
Valvular Heart Disease, Pregnancy, Delivery, Burkina Faso
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.3 No.12,
December
20,
2016
ABSTRACT: Valvular heart diseases during pregnancy are complex with symptoms likely to affect patient’s life quality, and endanger both mother’s and child’s life. Our survey aims at studying the combination of valvular heart diseases with pregnancy at University Hospital Yalgado Ouedraogo. This study was a cross-sectional study conducted from January 1st, 2015 to March 31st, 2016 in the delivery room of gynecology and obstetrics department. Inclusion criteria were: the presence of acquired and known valvular heart diseases followed-up or not; suspected valvular heart disease confirmed by a Doppler echocardiography and patient’s consent to take part to the study. Twelve patients were involved in the study. The average age was 27.5 ± 3.9 years (extremes of 21 and 34 years). The average gestational age at the delivery time was 35 ± 4.7 weeks of amenorrhea with extremes reaching 25 and 39 weeks. None of the study patients were previously followed-up and treated for valvular heart diseases before pregnancy. Mitral disease was found among four patients. Seven cases had vaginal delivery. Two cases of spontaneous abortion were observed. We had seven hypotrophy newborns with an average weight of 2360 g at birth. Two patients suffering from congestive heart failure with a full type arrhythmia by atrial fibrillation were hospitalized in cardiology department. No death was reported during our study. Rheumatic valvular diseases are common among pregnant women. The cardiologist should plan pregnancies of patients suffering from valvular heart diseases. Treatment of those patients goes through the prevention of acute rheumatoid arthritis including a joint collaboration between cardiologists and gynecologists.