Vaginal delivery in a patient with severe aortic stenosis under epidural analgesia, a case report
Abstract Background A history of previous cardiac disease increases the maternal mortality risk by as much as 100%. There is no consensus on the absolute contraindications to vaginal delivery in valvular heart disease, but central regional anesthesia is traditionally considered contraindicated in pa...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-11-01
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Series: | Cardiovascular Ultrasound |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12947-020-00226-x |