Cardiac disease in pregnancy--maternal and perinatal outcome.

To assess the maternal and perinatal outcome in pregnant women with cardiac disease, a prospective study was carried out among 51 pregnant women with cardiac disease between January 2006 and August 2008 at a tertiary care centre at BJ Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Rheumatic cardiac disease (68.62%) with mitral valve involvement (88.

Vaginal birth after one caesarean section: analysis of indicators of success.

A study was carried out among 81 women with previous one caesarean section (CS) done for non-recurrent indications to confirm the efficacy and safety of trial of labour (TOL) and to examine the effect of various factors on the mode of delivery. Singleton term pregnancy, vertex presentation and adequate pelvic capacity were the pre-requisites for case selection. Careful monitoring was done during labour and effect of various factors on the outcome was analysed statistically.