Pregnancy and delivery in woman with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator: what we should know
We report the observation of a 25-year-old pregnant patient of 39 weeks of amenorrhea proposed for elective cesarean section. This patient suffers from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy since the age of 12. She has an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). The peculiarities of the ICD in the partur...
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Language: | English |
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The Pan African Medical Journal
2018-07-01
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Series: | The Pan African Medical Journal |
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https://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/30/236/pdf/236.pdf
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