Anas Alameh, Ahmad Jabri, Wesam Aleyadeh, Farhan Nasser, Ahmad Al Abdouh, Meera Kondapaneni, Martha Gulati, Deirdre Mattina, Katherine Singh, Jennifer Hargrave, Eric E Roselli, Umesh N Khot, Leslie Cho, Ankur Kalra
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Pregnancy-associated myocardial infarction is a principal cause of cardiovascular disease with a steadily rising incidence of 4.98 AMI events/100,000 deliveries over the last four decades in the USA. It is also linked with significant maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality, with maternal case fatality rate ranging from 5.1 to 37%. The management of acute myocardial infarction can be challenging in pregnant patients since treatment modalities and medication use are limited by their safety during pregnancy...
August 19, 2021: Current Cardiology Reports