It is no less than a miracle. A woman has safely delivered healthy twins just a
few weeks after she was treated for a rare congenital heart disease which had
caused an obstruction of blood supply from her heart to her abdominal organs,
including her uterus holding the twin foetuses.
Kiran Devi, 22, was found to be suffering from coarctation of the aorta, a rare
congenital heart disease which occurs in not more than one in 10,000 persons,
during her 21st week of pregnancy with twins when she approached the
gynaecology department OPD at the Goa Medical College and Hospital. The aorta
is the largest artery transporting oxygenated blood from the left side of the
heart to all the parts of the body.
Moreover, since Devi was carrying twins, both maternal and fetal risks of
continuing the pregnancy were very high. Even the surgical correction of this
condition is a major and risky procedure during pregnancy with high probability
of fetal death or maternal complications. But as medical termination of
pregnancy beyond the 20th week is not permitted under Indian laws, Devi and her
family were perplexed.
“All these complications can be eliminated when the condition is surgically
corrected in early infancy or childhood,” said Dr Jyoti Kusnur, cardiologist at
the GMC.
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