[Preterm labor and IUGR rates in patients with cardiac anomalies in the material of the Pregnancy Pathology Unit at the Jagiellonian University OB/GYN Department between 1986-1999].

Introduction: Advance in medicine in general caused more and more women with cardiac defects reach reproductive age.

Aim: Analysis of kind and advance of cardiac disease influence on preterm labour and IUGR rates.

Material And Methods: A prospective study on 232 pregnant patients with cardiac malformations, who were hospitalised in Pathology of Pregnancy Unit of OB.

[Cardiac diseases and pregnancy].

Physiological maternal changes during pregnancy and cardiac disease symptoms are described. Prediction of good fetal outcome and delivery in the pregnant patient suffering from cardiac disease requires accurate assessment of cardiac disease advancement, its type and severity, frequent follow-up and immediate intervention in any case of worsening. Concerning chances and risks further influence of pregnancy and delivery on cardiac disease in the mother should be included.

[Pregnancy duration and mode of delivery in patients with cardiac insufficiency on the material of Jagiellonian University OB/GYN Clinic in the years between 1986-1999].

Objectives: Recent progress in cardiology and cardiac surgery lead many patients with cardiac disease in the procreative age.

Design: To asses the influence of cardiac disease on pregnancy and delivery.

Material And Methods: 232 subjects with congenital and acquired cardiac anomalies, hospitalized in the Jagiellonian University OB/GYN Clinic between 1986-1999.