Toirac LA, Pascual LV, Blanco RG

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ABSTRACT

A longitudinal prospective case-control study was conducted in "Tamara Bunke Bider" Gyneco-Obstetric Teaching Hospital of Santiago de Cuba for 8 years to measure the impact of maternal heart disease on health, quality of life and survival of the perinate. Two groups were formed: 113 pregnant women with heart disease (case group) identified from a population of 25 525 pregnant women attending the institution during this working period, and 226 no cardiac patients (control group), randomly selected from the remaining pregnant women, who in turn formed other study groups: fetuses and newborns. The variables were evaluated according to classes established and among them were gestational age at diagnosis of the disease and at delivery, type of delivery and Apgar score, sex of the conceptus, weight and nutritional status of the newborn at birth, fetal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. In the statistical analysis the value of p= 0.05 was required as a significance criterion and quality indicators were compared. Finally, the authors considered the results of the cases as satisfactory.