Acute Myocardial Infarction in Pregnancy

Abstract

Acute myocardial infarction is rare in pregnancy. The cases of five elderly multigravidae suffering from this condition are described. The diagnosis during pregnancy may present clinical and electrocardiographic difficulties. The increased load on the heart and changes in the blood lipids may predispose to acute infarction in late pregnancy in women with preexisting coronary atherosclerosis. Our thanks are due to our obstetric colleagues of the Jubilee and Gardner Robb Maternity Hospitals, who kindly referred their patients to us for cardiac assessment. © 1967, British Medical Journal Publishing Group. All rights reserved.