Anaesthetic Management for Caesarean Section Surgery in Two Pregnant Women with Severe Pulmonary Hypertension Due to Mitral Valve Stenosis

Anaesthetic Management for Caesarean Section Surgery in Two Pregnant Women with Severe Pulmonary Hypertension Due to Mitral Valve Stenosis

Background: Mitral stenosis is the most important and common cardiac complication seen during pregnancy. Conception is discouraged in cases where pulmonary hypertension develops during the course of mitral stenosis. Successful general and regional anaesthetic interventions have been reported in some...

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Main Authors: Mine Çelik, Ayşenur Dostbil, Hacı Ahmet Alici, Serdar Sevimli, Ayşenur Aksoy, Ali Fuat Erdem, Hüsnü Kürşad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Publishing House 2013-12-01
Series:Balkan Medical Journal
Subjects:
Mitral Stenosis
pulmonary hypertension
caesarean section
regional anaesthesia
Online Access:http://balkanmedicaljournal.org/text.php?lang=en&id=360

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