Hello I dont know whether you will answer this e-mail or not but this is really important for me:( I am from Turkey. a 25 year old female and married. I have a bicuspid aorta and consider pregnancy.It is a congenital cardiac anomaly. Of course in Turkey I asked lots of cardiologist whether I should do it or not but they have said me that there are risks but noone cant know what may happen during the pregnancy because there isnt lots of person like me. so I cant decide:( After describing my situation briefly I will try to write something from my last echocardiography test. Peak Gradient(mm Hg):65.00Mean Gradient(mm Hg):37.00 Now I will try to translate my doctors comment on my test. I dont know lots of the terms. Heart blanks are normal. Aorta is thick and bicuspid. Its expansion is limited. Aort radix is 2.5 cm. The other valves are normal. Light-middle aorta insufficiency and tricuspid insufficiency.I dont whether I could explain it. What do you advise me?I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Hi, it looks like you are bicuspid aortic valve and other abnormalities in your body. There is 9% risk of similar disease in first degree relatives. So there is 1 in 10 probability of your child having the same. I think it's worth to this much risk and go ahead with pregnancy but pregnancy being a stressful condition you should discuss with your gynecologist whether you'll be able to tolerate it or not.