title: Maternal and fetal outcomes in pregnant women with Takayasu aortoarteritis: Does optimally timed intervention in women with renal artery involvement improve pregnancy outcome?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Takayasu aortoarteritis (TA) is common in the Southeast Asian and Indian subcontinent regions with a female-to-male ratio of 8:1. Age at diagnosis is < 30 years in 90% of the cases. Because the disease is common in women of child-bearing age, management of pregnancy in these patients becomes an important issue. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the maternal and fetal outcomes in pregnancies with TA and also to evaluate whether early intervention for renal artery involvement is associated with improved outcomes.
  
  
  METHODS
  We collected data of 12 patients with 18 pregnancies prospectively from 2006 to 2012. The patients were divided into three groups and their outcomes were noted: (1) without renal artery involvement; (2) with renal artery involvement without intervention; and (3) with renal artery involvement for which intervention has been done.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Body mass index of patients was between 18.5 kg/m(2) and 23.2 kg/m(2). Renal artery involvement and hypertension were seen in four patients. One patient had percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty and another had renal artery stenting. In patients without renal artery involvement, gestational hypertension was seen in 50%, pre-eclampsia in 10%, abortion in 10%, and intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) in 40% of pregnancies. In patients with renal artery involvement without intervention, gestational hypertension was seen in 90%, pre-eclampsia in 20%, abortion in 60%, preterm in 20%, IUGR in 20%, fetal demise in 20%, and neonatal death in 20% of pregnancies. In patients with renal artery involvement for which intervention has been carried out, gestational hypertension was seen in 66%, and abortion and IUGR were seen in 33% of pregnancies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with renovascular involvement without intervention are at high risk of having maternal and fetal complications. Early intervention prior to conception in these women is recommended to prevent pregnancy complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, Delhi, India. Electronic address: nilanchalisingh@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Nilanchali
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Shakun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tyagi
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Reva
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tripathi
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Mala
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000473:pathology*; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Takayasu aortoarteritis; angioplasty; renal artery; stenting