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Written by Harrison Cook |
July 19, 2018 |
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According to a study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Other studies report heart attacks during pregnancy or the birth of a child
. of 49 million births to women aged 18 and over who were hospitalized during pregnancy according to the National Inpatient Sample Database, 2002 to 2014.
Researchers found 4,471 heart attack case per 100,000 hospitalizations. Of these cases, 922 heart attacks occurred during pregnancy, 1,061 heart attacks occurred during labor and 2,390 occurred after delivery. The hospital mortality rate among women who had a heart attack during or just after pregnancy was 4.5%. Overall, the risk of heart attack in pregnant women increased by 25% between 2002 and 2014.
"Although heart attacks in young women are rare, the period during and immediately after pregnancy is a particularly vulnerable period during which heart disease can be unmasked. "says study author Nathaniel Smilowitz, cardiologist and badistant professor of medicine at NYU Langone Health in New York, said TIME .
The researchers suggest that the increase could be due to more women having children later on because older women have a higher risk of heart attacks. Pregnant women aged 35 to 39 were five times more likely to have a heart attack than pregnant women in their twenties. "All women should know their cardiovascular risk factors, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and obesity, and work with their doctors to control these factors before or during pregnancy," Dr. Smilowitz said. says TIME "Pregnant or recently delivered women who develop chest pain or burns should recognize these warning signs and be evaluated by their physician."
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