Management of pericardial diseases during pregnancy.

Relatively few data have been published on the management of pericardial diseases during pregnancy. Pericardial involvement is sporadic during pregnancy, and pregnant women do not show any specific predisposition to pericardial diseases. The more common form of pericardial involvement is hydropericardium, usually as a benign mild effusion recorded in about 40% of pregnant women by the third trimester, followed by pericarditis as the more common disease requiring medical therapy.

Amniopatch, a repairing technique for premature rupture of amniotic membranes in second trimester.

Rupture of the amniotic sac complicates approximately 0.8-1% of amniocentesis procedures carried out between the 15th and 18th gestational weeks. Spontaneous PROM during the second and third trimester is, however, more frequent.