Clinical Study

Congenital Anomalies and Termination of Pregnancy in Iran

Table 3

List of maternal indications of therapeutic abortion in Iran.

(1)Any of the cardiac valve diseases with functional class 3-4 heart failure that is not reversible to class 2
(2)Any kind of acute heart disease except coronary heart disease that has reached functional class 3-4 (e.g., myocarditis and pericarditis)
(3)History of dilated cardiomyopathy in previous pregnancies
(4)Marfan syndrome, when ascending aorta is wider than 5 cm
(5)Eisenmenger's syndrome
(6)Pregnancy-induced fatty liver
(7)Grade 3 esophageal varicosities
(8)History of esophageal varicosities hemorrhage followed by portal hypertension
(9)Uncontrollable autoimmune hepatitis
(10)Renal failure
(11)Hypertension which is not controllable with permitted drugs during pregnancy
(12)Any of the pulmonary diseases that lead to pulmonary hypertension even to a mild degree (emphysema, fibrosis, diffuse bronchiectasis)
(13)Any infection with HIV virus which has entered into the phase of AIDS disease
(14)Hypercoagulability when using heparin leads to progression of other diseases that can threat’s motheren life
(15)Active uncontrollable SLE which has involved a major organ
(16)Vasculitis (when major organs are involved)
(17)All CNS masses with considering their type and location, when beginning the treatment is dangerous to fetus and without treatment mother-life may be threatened
(18)Pemphigus vulgaris and severe generalized psoriasis and advanced melanoma
(19)Multidrug-resistant epilepsies
(20)MS cases in which the patient is disabled
(21)Myasthenia gravis
(22)Some type of motor neuron diseases like ALS which is intensified following pregnancy and will seriously endanger mother’s life