Table 1

(TABLE 3 from heartjnl-2014-306676) Timing of adverse maternal cardiac events

Maternal cardiac diagnosisMaternal age (years)Cardiac eventGestation (weeks)
Primary cardiac events
 Presumed coronary artery spasm and MI27Sudden death8 weeks postpartum
 Coronary atherosclerosis42CHF33 weeks
 Coronary thrombus32ACS34 weeks
 Coronary atherosclerosis33MI4 weeks postpartum
 Coronary atherosclerosis32MI8 weeks postpartum
Other cardiac events
 Coronary thrombus40CVA5 weeks
 Coronary atherosclerosis34Angina12 weeks
 Coronary atherosclerosis41Angina20 weeks
 Coronary thrombus33Angina21 weeks
 Coronary fibroelastosis27Angina24 weeks
 Coronary atherosclerosis28Angina30 weeks
 Coronary atherosclerosis30Angina32 weeks
 Coronary atherosclerosis36Angina33 weeks
 Coronary atherosclerosis41Angina36 weeks
 Coronary thrombus28SVT39 weeks
 Ehlers–Danlos Syndrome32Iliac artery dissection1 week postpartum
 Coronary atherosclerosis34Angina4 weeks postpartum

  • ACS, acute coronary syndrome; CHF, congestive heart failure; CVA, cerebrovascular accident; MI, myocardial infarction; SVT, supraventricular tachycardia.