Myocardial Infarction in the Postpartum Period

Abstract

The study objective Is to present a clinical observation, describe the diagnostics and treatment of acute transmural myocardial infarction in a patient on the 8th day after childbirthMaterial and methods A 31-year-old patient was hospitalized 3 hours after the onset of the disease on the 8th day after urgent spontaneous delivery at 38-39 weeks of gestation with a clinic of acute myocardial infarction in the intensive care unit. Based on the data of anamnesis, complaints, physical examination, results of instrumental and laboratory examination, the following clinical diagnosis was made: ischemic heart disease: acute transmural myocardial infarction of the anterior wall, septum and apex of the left ventricle; atherosclerosis of the aorta and coronary arteries. On an emergency basis, the patient underwent coronary angiography, pronounced atherosclerotic changes in the coronary arteries were revealed: acute occlusion of the anterior interventricular artery in the middle third, stenosis of the diagonal branch up to 70% in the orifice, stenosis of the circumflex branch up to 70% in the middle third, extended stenosis up to 79% in the middle third of the right coronary artery.Results The patient underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (pci) on a symptom-dependent artery: mechanical recanalization and stenting of the anterior descending artery (ada) by a drug-eluting stent.Conclusion An increase in the incidence of acute coronary syndrome in pregnant women and postpartum women requires the development of an algorithm for additional examination of late reproductive age patients at the stage of pregnancy planning, in case of identification of possible risk factors for the development of cardiovascular diseases — observation of a cardiologist during pregnancy and in the postpartum period.

Keywords

• myocardial infarction
• postpartum period
• percutaneous coronary intervention