OBJECTIVES: To determine the direction and magnitude of change in cardiac output (CO) during pregnancy. STUDY DESIGN: We performed serial measurements of CO on five occasions from 24 weeks gestation to term and once during the puerperium in 26 normal pregnancies (156 measurements) using Doppler ultrasound measurement of flow velocity profiles and aortic root cross sectional area. RESULTS: CO increased to 7.0 l/min by 32 weeks gestation, 49% above baseline values. It fell to 5.7 l/min by term, 21% above baseline. The peak in CO corresponded with an increase in heart rate to 91 beats/min, 32% above baseline. Stroke volume peaked at 36 weeks gestation, by which time CO had already begun to decline. CONCLUSIONS: CO increased in a linear fashion until 32 weeks gestation and then declined to term, but to a value still greater than the postpartum baseline. These findings have obvious management implications for patients with serious heart disease complicating pregnancy.
OBJECTIVES: To determine the direction and magnitude of change in cardiac output (CO) during pregnancy. STUDY DESIGN: We performed serial measurements of CO on five occasions from 24 weeks gestation to term and once during the puerperium in 26 normal pregnancies (156 measurements) using Doppler ultrasound measurement of flow velocity profiles and aortic root cross sectional area. RESULTS: CO increased to 7.0 l/min by 32 weeks gestation, 49% above baseline values. It fell to 5.7 l/min by term, 21% above baseline. The peak in CO corresponded with an increase in heart rate to 91 beats/min, 32% above baseline. Stroke volume peaked at 36 weeks gestation, by which time CO had already begun to decline. CONCLUSIONS: CO increased in a linear fashion until 32 weeks gestation and then declined to term, but to a value still greater than the postpartum baseline. These findings have obvious management implications for patients with serious heart disease complicating pregnancy.
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