Patients with organic heart disease in pregnancy most commonly die during:: (A) 20-24 weeks of pregnancy, (B) First stage of labor, (C) Soon following delivery, (D) Two weeks postpartum
Answer is C. Ans. is c, i.e. Soon following deliveryRef. Dutta Obs 7/e, p 225This is another way of asking, cardiac failure occurs most common at what time as the M/C cause of death in pregnant females with heart disease is congestive heart failure.