Rheumatic Heart Disease Complicating Pregnancy

Rheumatic Heart Disease Complicating Pregnancy

“…The immediate results have been published (Drury et al, 1954;O'Driscoll et al, 1957). Some points relevant to the present context are worthy of reiteration.…”

Discussion on Medical Diseases in Pregnancy

“…to preventing the cardiac deterioration of the woman and at its best can achieve magnificent results. O'Driscoll et al (1957) of Dublin report a series of 539 such pregnancies with six maternal deaths attributable to pregnancy giving a maternal mortality of 1 -% in a series, rare for its high age and parity, in a city where contraception, termination and sterilization are not practised. Similar results are reported from Edinburgh in the twenty years from 1928 to 1947 with progressive improvement in the maternal mortality from 6-3 % to 0 9 % (Gilchrist and Haig, 1950).…”