Title

Correlation of anemia severity with maternal cardiac function during third trimester - An observational study

Authors

Sarita Jalodiya¹, Nidhi Narrey² & Sarita Shah^3,*

Affiliation

¹Department of Medicine, NSC Government Medical College, Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, India; ²Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chhindwara Institute of Medical Sciences, Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, India; ³Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Government Medical College, Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Sarita Jalodiya - E-mail: saritajalodiya1707@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9826808044

Nidhi Narrey - E-mail: nidhinarrey85@yahoo.co.in; Phone: +91 9630223285

Sarita Shah - E-mail: sarita.shah0205@gmail.com; Phone: +91 8839953929

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received June 1, 2026; Revised June 30, 2026; Accepted June 30, 2026, Published June 30, 2026

Abstract

Maternal anemia is a common pregnancy condition that can considerably impair cardiovascular adaption throughout the third trimester. Therefore, it is interest to report. The relationship between anemia severity and maternal cardiac function in third-trimester pregnant women using echocardiographic measures. Hence, a total of 120 pregnant women were divided into mild, moderate, and severe anemia groups based on hemoglobin levels, and cardiac function parameters such heart rate, cardiac output, and left ventricular ejection fraction were measured. An increasing severity of anemia was associated with considerably greater heart rate and cardiac output, as well as minor impairments in diastolic cardiac function. Thus, we report that increasing severity of maternal anemia in the third trimester produces measurable compensatory cardiac changes rising heart rate and cardiac output with early diastolic impairment underscoring the need for routine echocardiographic surveillance in anemic pregnant women.

Keywords

Maternal anemia, pregnancy, cardiac function, echocardiography, third trimester, hemoglobin, maternal cardiovascular adaptation

Citation

Jalodiya et al. Bioinformation 22(6): 3277-3280 (2026)

Edited by

Ritik Kashwani

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.