Successful Pregnancy Outcome in A Case of Eisenmenger Syndrome: A Rare Case Report
Published: October 1, 2014 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/.5050
Setu Rathod, Sunil Kumar Samal
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Puducherry, India.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Puducherry, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Setu Rathod,
4-D, Type II Staff Quarters, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College, Pillaiyarkuppam, Puducherry-607402, India.
Phone : 07598191660, E-mail : seturathod@gmail.com
Pregnancy complicated with Eisenmenger syndrome is associated with high risk to the fetus as well as the mother. There is approximately 50% risk of sudden maternal death, frequently occuring a few days postpartum and the overall fetal wastage is reported to be up to 75%. Patients with Eisenmenger syndrome are advised to refrain from pregnancy or to terminate pregnancy by the end of first trimester itself. Management of these patients requires a co-ordinated multi-specialist care when such pregnancies reach a stage where safe termination is not advisable. However, inspite of all the risks, a few patients deliver successfully with a good maternal and neonatal outcome. We present a 27-year-old unbooked G3P1A1L0 admitted at 34 wk gestation with Eisenmenger syndrome. She was treated medically during pregnancy, underwent elective Caesarean section at 37 wk of gestation delivered a healthy baby and was subsequently discharged on the 10th postoperative day without any serious complications.
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